SOLUTION: The width and length of a rectangle respectively 2 less and 3 more than the length of the side of a square. If the area of the rectangle is 4 more the area of the square, find the

Question 1184834: The width and length of a rectangle respectively 2 less and 3 more than the length of the side of a square. If the area of the rectangle is 4 more the area of the square, find the dimensions of the rectangle and the area of the square
Answer by greenestamps(13206) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let the side of the square be x

Then the dimensions of the rectangle are x-2 and x+3

The area of the rectangle is 4 more than the area of the square:

That equation is easily solved using basic algebra; I leave it to you to do that.

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