SOLUTION: The state of colorado is almost perfectly rectangular with it's north border 111 miles longer than it's west border. If the state encompasses 104,000 square miles, estimate the dim

Question 155127: The state of colorado is almost perfectly rectangular with it's north border 111 miles longer than it's west border. If the state encompasses 104,000 square miles, estimate the dimensions of colorado. Round your anwser to the nearest mile.
I was thinking that the equation was x times (x+11)=104,000 but i couldn't figure it out.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, that's right.
Multiply out the left side so you have a quadratic.
Use the quadratic formula to solve for x = 317.037 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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