SOLUTION: A rectangle table top has an area f 60 squre feet. LENGTH IS ONE FOOT LESS THAN 4 TIMES THE WIDTH, FIND THE DIMENSIONS.

Question 129955: A rectangle table top has an area f 60 squre feet. LENGTH IS ONE FOOT LESS THAN 4 TIMES THE WIDTH, FIND THE DIMENSIONS.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let =area
Let =width
Let =length

AMP Parsing Error of [A = w*(4w - 1]: Invalid expression. Closing bracket expected at /home/ichudov/project_locations/algebra.com/templates/Algebra/Expression.pm line 187. .

Use the quadratic formula to find roots

This is used when equation is in the form

This gives a negative answer, so I can't use it

The dimensions are 4 x 15
check answer:

OK
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