SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width, if the area is 88 square inches, find the value of the length and width of the rectangle.

Question 120353: the length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width, if the area is 88 square inches, find the value of the length and width of the rectangle.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length of a rectangle is 3 more than its width:
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Let x = the width
then
(x+3) = the length
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if the area is 88 square inches,
W * L = 88
x(x+3) = 88
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find the value of the length and width of the rectangle.
x^2 + 3x = 88; multiplied the width * length
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x^2 + 3x - 88 = 0; our old friend, the quadratic equation
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Factors to:
(x+11)(x-8) = 0
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x = + 8, it's the positive solution that we want here.
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Width = 8, then Length: 8 + 3 = 11 and the area is 88 sq/in, right?
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