SOLUTION: I am really having troubles with these word problems. The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its width. If the area of the rectangle is 88 cm^2, find the dimensions. round

Question 762490: I am really having troubles with these word problems.
The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its width. If the area of the rectangle is 88 cm^2, find the dimensions. round to nearest thousandth.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the width = cm
The length is cm
Area = ( length ) x ( width ), so

You can complete the square:

Take the square root of both sides

and
Length =
Length =
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check:

close enough

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