SOLUTION: I been having trouble solving the world problems in this chapter. the examples giving in the chapter don't really help. can someone please help me!
Find the lenght and width.
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: I been having trouble solving the world problems in this chapter. the examples giving in the chapter don't really help. can someone please help me!
Find the lenght and width. assume the shapes are rectangular.
#3. the width of a dock is 4m less than the lenght. The area is 12m^2.
This question is from textbook prentice Hall Algebra 2 with Trigonometry
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
W=L-4
W*L=AREA
(L-4)L=12
L^2-4L-12=0
(L-6)(L+2)=0
L-6=0
L=6 M. IS THE LENGTH.
W=6-4
W=2 M. IS THE WIDTH.
PROOF:
2*6=12 M^2
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