SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 12 feet less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 540 square feet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 12 feet less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 540 square feet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Question 907629: The width of a rectangle is 12 feet less than the length. The area of the rectangle is 540 square feet. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a rectangle,

Two solutions but only one is positive.

Then,

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