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

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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

%28w%2B1%29%282w-3%29=12

2w%5E2-3w%2B2w-3=12

2w%5E2-w-3=12

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

2w%5E2-w-3-12=12-12%7D%7D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B2w%5E2-w-15=0

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

w+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+

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

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation aw%5E2%2Bbw%2Bc=0 (in our case 2w%5E2%2B-1w%2B-15+=+0) has the following solutons:

w%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant b%5E2-4ac should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant b%5E2-4ac: b%5E2-4ac=%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-15=121.

Discriminant d=121 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: +x%5B12%5D+=+%28--1%2B-sqrt%28+121+%29%29%2F2%5Ca.

w%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29%2Bsqrt%28+121+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+3
w%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29-sqrt%28+121+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-2.5

Quadratic expression 2w%5E2%2B-1w%2B-15 can be factored:
2w%5E2%2B-1w%2B-15+=+2%28w-3%29%2A%28w--2.5%29
Again, the answer is: 3, -2.5. Here's your graph:
graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B-1%2Ax%2B-15+%29



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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