SOLUTION: The height of a box is 5 feet less than its length and 2 inches more than its width. If the area of the bottom is 8 2/3 square feet, what are the dimensions of the box?

SOLUTION: The height of a box is 5 feet less than its length and 2 inches more than its width. If the area of the bottom is 8 2/3 square feet, what are the dimensions of the box?

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Question 1115667: The height of a box is 5 feet less than its length and 2 inches more than its width. If the area of the bottom is 8 2/3 square feet, what are the dimensions of the box?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w, width
L, length
h, height

-------solve this for h.
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