SOLUTION: If the length of a rectangle is 5 more inches greater than the width and the area is 14 inches squared. What equation can you use to find the width?
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Question 969318: If the length of a rectangle is 5 more inches greater than the width and the area is 14 inches squared. What equation can you use to find the width?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the width. Since the length is 5 inches greater than the width, you can represent the length by 
. The area of a rectangle is the length times the width, so:
\ = 14)
Solve the quadratic for , discarding any negative root.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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