SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular garden is one meter less than twice its width. if the area of the garden is 45m^2, then what are its length and width?

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Question 1061514: the length of a rectangular garden is one meter less than twice its width. if the area of the garden is 45m^2, then what are its length and width?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!






I can use the quadratic formula:








( can't use the negative square root )
and



The length is 9
The width is 5

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