SOLUTION: plleae help me for this equation A certain rectangle's length is 3 feet longer than its width. If the area of the
rectangle is 54 square feet, find its dimensions
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Question 798780: plleae help me for this equation A certain rectangle's length is 3 feet longer than its width. If the area of the
rectangle is 54 square feet, find its dimensions
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the width
= the length
You can solve this by completing the square
and
The dimensions are 6' x 9'
check:
also, there is a negative square root in the answer, too
So, the factors are:
This is the original equation
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