SOLUTION: the width of a rectangle is 4 feet less then the lenght. the area is 5ft sqaured whats the legth and width ?

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Question 401954: the width of a rectangle is 4 feet less then the lenght. the area is 5ft sqaured whats the legth and width ?
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Width = 1 ft, Length = 5 ft. It's possible to do this without the quadratic formula since the only factors of 5 are 5 and 1, which differ by 4. However the surefire way is to use the quadratic formula.
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