SOLUTION: A rectangular parking lot has a length that is 3 yards greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 270 square yards. Find the length and width.

Question 163870: A rectangular parking lot has a length that is 3 yards greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 270 square yards. Find the length and width.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length is 3 yards greater than the width.

The area of a rectangle is

Use the quadratic formula,

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A negative width doesn't make sense for our problem, so we'll only use the positive solution.
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From above,

The lot is 15 yards wide, 18 yards long.
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