SOLUTION: The length and width of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. The area of the rectangle is 63 square units. How long is the longest side of the rectangle?
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Question 159406: The length and width of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. The area of the rectangle is 63 square units. How long is the longest side of the rectangle?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the integers be x,and x+2
x(x+2)=63
x^2+2x-63=0
(x+9)(x-7)=0
x=7, x+2=9
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Ed
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