SOLUTION: Saul filled a tank shaped like a rectangular prism wit water. The tank is 9 feet high and its width is 1 foot less than its length.It has a volume of 504 cubed feet.
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Question 440268: Saul filled a tank shaped like a rectangular prism wit water. The tank is 9 feet high and its width is 1 foot less than its length.It has a volume of 504 cubed feet.
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Explain how to find the length and width of the tank.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x(x+1)(9)=504
x2+x=56
x2+x-56=0
(x+8)(x-7)=0
x=-8 or 7
Throwing out the negative result, we get the width to be 7 ft., and the length to be 8 ft..
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