SOLUTION: turn into the variable the length of a rectangle is twice its width if the width is increased by one meter and the length is diminished by three meters the area will be 12 square m

Question 224003: turn into the variable the length of a rectangle is twice its width if the width is increased by one meter and the length is diminished by three meters the area will be 12 square meters
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Turn into the variable the length of a rectangle is twice its width if the width is increased by one meter and the length is diminished by three meters the area will be 12 square meters.

I assume you want the original dimensions of the rectangle.

Step 1. Let w be the width.

Step 2. Let 2w be the length.

Step 3. Let w+1 be the width increase by 1.

Step 4. Let 2w-3 be the length increase by 3 meters.

Step 5. Area A=(w+1)(2w-3)=12. Solving yields the following steps

Subtract 12 from both sides of the equation to get a quadratic equation

Step 6. To solve, use the quadratic formula given as

where a=2, b=-1, and c=-15.

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable

Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=121 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 3, -2.5. Here's your graph:

Choosing the positive solution, w=3, then 2w=6. The changed dimensions gives an area A=(3+1)(6-3)=12 which is a true statement base on the problem.

Step 7. ANSWER: The dimensions of the rectangle is 3 meters and 6 meters.

I hope the above steps and explanation were helpful.

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