SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is one less than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 66. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Only an algebraic solution will be accepted.

Question 1117918: The length of a rectangle is one less than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 66. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Only an algebraic solution will be accepted.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Shin123:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for length 2x-1 and with x.

--------width
-------length

You could also find the same result by factoring.
Answer by Shin123(626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So 2x-1 is the length and x is the width. Turn that to a quadratic equation,
Use the quadratic formula.

Ignore the minus because we're looking for positive answers.
The width is

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