SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is the same as the length of each side of a square. The length of the rectangle is 4cm more than 3 times the width of the rectangle. The area of the squa

Question 1077379: The length of a rectangle is the same as the length of each side of a square.
The length of the rectangle is 4cm more than 3 times the width of the rectangle. The area of the square is 66cm^2 more than the area of the rectangle.
Find the length and the width of the rectangle.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RECTANGLE
Dimensions L and w
-

and
area is

SQUARE
Dimensions L by L
-
Area is
and
according to description, .
Simplify and solve this equation for w. Use this to evaluate length, L, of the rectangle (the width being w.)
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