SOLUTION: A rectangle garden is 10ft longer than it is wide. Its area is 875 ft squared. What are its dimensions?
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: A rectangle garden is 10ft longer than it is wide. Its area is 875 ft squared. What are its dimensions?
This question is from textbook Precalculus
Answer by kmcruz09(38) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, let as assume.
Let x = the width of the plot
x + 10 = length of the plot
Then the area is x(x + 10)
Since it is stated in the problem that the area is 875 square feet, our final equation will be:
Solve it:
Applying the quadratic formula
Now we can solve for the two roots
or
or
or
But since we are looking for a real positive number, let us take as our answer. Therefore, the width is 25 ft and the length is 35 ft.
Thank you. ~kmcruz09~
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