SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 44 square meters. If the length is one meter less than three times the width, then what are the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Question 885029: The area of a rectangle is 44 square meters. If the length is one meter less than three times the width, then what are the dimensions of the rectangle.
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Let represent the width. Then the length must be . The area of a rectangle is the length times the width.





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