SOLUTION: Please help, I can't remember the steps to solve this problem. The width of a rectangle is 4 ft less than the length. The area is 5 ft^2. What is the length and width.

Question 143005: Please help, I can't remember the steps to solve this problem. The width of a rectangle is 4 ft less than the length. The area is 5 ft^2. What is the length and width.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
The width of a rectangle is less than the length .
Means:
The area is .
To find:
What is the length and width?

�..use quadratic formula to find

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