SOLUTION: The area of the window is 20 square feet. Find its dimensions (in ft). A rectangular window has two labeled sides. One of the shorter, vertical sides is labeled x ft. One of t

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Question 1156081: The area of the window is 20 square feet. Find its dimensions (in ft).
A rectangular window has two labeled sides.
One of the shorter, vertical sides is labeled x ft.
One of the longer, horizontal sides is labeled 2x − 3 ft.
smaller value
ft
larger value
ft

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The area of the window is
square feet
A rectangular window: the area is

One of the shorter, vertical sides is labeled ft.
One of the longer, horizontal sides is labeled ft.



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we need only positive solution
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=> then
the shorter vertical side is ft.
the longer horizontal side is ft.

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