SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 2 meters less than twice the width, If the area of rectangle is 112 square meters what is the width?

Question 1042886: The length of a rectangle is 2 meters less than twice the width,
If the area of rectangle is 112 square meters what is the width?

Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathTherapy:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Substituting,

Only the positive width makes sense in this problem,

So then,

or the easy way,

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The length of a rectangle is 2 meters less than twice the width,
If the area of rectangle is 112 square meters what is the width?

Width:
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