SOLUTION: Hello, I am stuck on this question Please show work A rectangular parking lot has a length that is 6 yards greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 160 square ya

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Question 1021108: Hello, I am stuck on this question
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A rectangular parking lot has a length that is 6 yards greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 160 square yards. Find length and width
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The area of the rectangle is 160 square yards, so if is the length, and is the width, we can write .

But since we know that the length is 6 yards greater that the width, we can say

Substituting, we get:



which is to say



Solve the factorable quadratic for . The lesser root will be the width and the greater root will be the length.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it