SOLUTION: Find the dimensions of a rectangle if the area is 200 feet squared and the length is 8 feet longer than the width?

Question 185049: Find the dimensions of a rectangle if the area is 200 feet squared and the length is 8 feet longer than the width?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let w be the width, then w + 8 is the length. So the area is:

In standard form:

Solve using the quadratic formula, discarding the negative root giving you the width. Then add 8 to get the length.

John

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