SOLUTION: The floor of a one-story building is 14 feet longer than it is wide (see figure). The building has 1472 square feet of floor space. quadratic equation w^2 + 14w

SOLUTION: The floor of a one-story building is 14 feet longer than it is wide (see figure). The building has 1472 square feet of floor space. quadratic equation w^2 + 14w - 1472 = 0

Question 1092256: The floor of a one-story building is 14 feet longer than it is wide (see figure). The building has 1472 square feet of floor space.
quadratic equation
w^2 + 14w - 1472 = 0
Width=
Length=
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Complete the square

and

Thw width is 32 ft
The length is 46 ft
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