SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 6 yard-square. The length of the rectangle is one more than twice the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Algebra.Com
Question 441874: The area of a rectangle is 6 yard-square. The length of the rectangle is one more than twice the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w(2w+1)=6
2w2+w=6
2w2+w-6=0
(2w-3)(w+2)=0
w=3/2 or -2
Throwing out the negative answer, we get the width to be 3/2yds., and the length to be 4 yds..
RELATED QUESTIONS
The length of a rectangle is twice as its width. Its area is 6 more than the width. Find... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
the length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice its width. if the area of the rectangle is (answered by macston,Gogonati)
A rectangle with an area of 36 squares mile. The length is one mile more than twice of... (answered by jonvaliente)
The length of a rectangle is 3 more than twice the width. The area is 44 square inches.... (answered by fractalier)
The area of a rectangle is 77m^2,and the length of the rectangle is 3m more than twice... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)
The length of a rectangle is 7 centimeters less than twice its width. Its area is 30... (answered by RAY100)
the length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice its width. if the area of the rectangle is (answered by josgarithmetic)
The length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice its width. If the area of the rectangle is (answered by addingup,MathTherapy)
a rectangle has an area of 54 square feet. if the length is 3 feet more than the width,... (answered by checkley79)