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The floor of a shed has an area of 70 square feet. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle whose length is 4 feet more than twice the widt
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Question 370146: Please help me solve this word problem:
The floor of a shed has an area of 70 square feet. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle whose length is 4 feet more than twice the width. Find the length and the width of the floor of the shed.
I have tried this:
w(2w+4)=70
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Keep going.
You can factor this quadratic equation.
Two solutions but only one of them is positive.
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