SOLUTION: A rectangle has an area of 144 square inches. The length is 10 inches longer than the width. How do you solve?
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Question 847300: A rectangle has an area of 144 square inches. The length is 10 inches longer than the width. How do you solve?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L length, w width.
L=w+10.
Do you want to look for a factorization?
If not, then, discriminant is .
.
You want the general solution choice which uses the positive square root.
which means
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