SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 4 more than the width. The area is 77 square yards. Find the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 926721: The length of a rectangle is 4 more than the width. The area is 77 square yards. Find the length and width of the rectangle
Answer by srinivas.g(540) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be w yards
length = w+4
area = 77 square yards
(length *width =77 square yards)
move 77 to the left
possible cases :
either w+11 =0 or w-7 =0
w=-11 or w=7
w cannot be negative
Hence W= 7 yards
length = 7+4 =11 yards
Result : length =11 yards
width = 7 yards
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