SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular field is 2 m greater than three times its width. The area of the field is 1496 m^2. What are the dimensions of the field?

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Question 1112893: The length of a rectangular field is 2 m greater than three times its width. The area of the field is 1496 m^2. What are the dimensions of the field?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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W*(3W+2) = 1496.


Solve this quadratic equation for W.

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    - Introduction into Quadratic Equations
    - PROOF of quadratic formula by completing the square
    - HOW TO complete the square - Learning by examples
    - HOW TO solve quadratic equation by completing the square - Learning by examples
    - Solving quadratic equations without quadratic formula
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on solving quadratic equations

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