SOLUTION: the area of a rectangle is given by the equation 2L squared minus 5L equals 3, in which L is the rectangles length. what is the length of the rectangle?

SOLUTION: the area of a rectangle is given by the equation 2L squared minus 5L equals 3, in which L is the rectangles length. what is the length of the rectangle?

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Question 189126: the area of a rectangle is given by the equation 2L squared minus 5L equals 3, in which L is the rectangles length. what is the length of the rectangle?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract 3 from both sides.
Factor the quadratic equation.

or so...
or Discard the negative solution, so...
is the length of the rectangle.
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