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Question 891904: The length of the rectangle is 8cm longer than its width.It area is 48cm square. What are its dimension?(with solution pls.)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let L = length and w = width.

L=w+8 and wL=48.
Substitute and solve the quadratic equation and find the other variable.

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