SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 3 inches less than its length. The area of the rectangle is 340 square inches. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
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Question 382443: The width of a rectangle is 3 inches less than its length. The area of the rectangle is 340 square inches. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the width of the rectangle. Then the length is represented by 
. The area of a rectangle is the length times the width so:
\ =\ 340)
Put it in standard form:
Factor and solve for . Exclude the negative root. Add 3 to find the length.
John
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