SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle patio is 700 square feet. If the length of the patio is 5 feet less than twice its width, find the dimensions of the patio.
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Question 1077389: The area of a rectangle patio is 700 square feet. If the length of the patio is 5 feet less than twice its width, find the dimensions of the patio.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle patio is square feet.
If the length of the patio is feet less than its width , we have
The area of a rectangle is:
.........factor
solutions:
if =>
if =>=>....disregard negative solution, width cannot be negative
so,
now find length
=>=>
the dimensions of the patio: and
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