SOLUTION: sandy plans to paint a rectangular mural of a waterfront image on the westside of his garage. the width of the mural will be 7 feet longer than the height. the diagonal is 13 feet.

Question 1122909: sandy plans to paint a rectangular mural of a waterfront image on the westside of his garage. the width of the mural will be 7 feet longer than the height. the diagonal is 13 feet. find the dimensions of the mural.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
length is x
width is x+7
diagonal or hypotenuse is 13
so x^2+x^2+14x+49=169, squaring everything
2x^2+14x-120=0
x^2+7x-60=0
(x+12)(x-5)=0
x=12, 5
the length is 5 ft, width 7 ft.
RELATED QUESTIONS
your class plans to make a mosaic mural out of 1-inch by 1-inch colored tiles. the... (answered by Tutorteddy.Com)

Wally Beige has painted a rectangular mural that is 8 ft tall and 12 ft wide. He plans to (answered by ikleyn,josgarithmetic)

An artist intends to paint a 60-square-foot mural on a wall as shown in the illustration. (answered by Alan3354)

An artist intends to paint a 60 square foot mural on large wall as shown in the... (answered by Alan3354)

Bob has designed a square mural that measures 10 feet on each side. Bill has also... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The height of a rectangular mural is twice its width, its perimeter is 36 feet. What are... (answered by josgarithmetic)

An artist intends to paint a 45-square-foot rectangular mural on a wall that is 13 feet... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The length of a rectangular mural is 2 meters greater than the width. The area is 48... (answered by Boreal)

The dimensions of a rectangular mural on the wall of Amy's bedroom are 2 feet by 3 feet.... (answered by Alan3354)