SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 5 feet longer then its width. The area of the rectangle is 374 square feet. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 281639: The length of a rectangle is 5 feet longer then its width. The area of the rectangle is 374 square feet. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
AREA=LW
L=W+5
374=(W+5)W
374=W^2+5W
W^2+5W-374=0
(W-17)(W+22)=0
W-17=0
W=17 ANS. FOR THE WIDTH.
L=17+5
L=22 ANS. FOR THE LENGTH.
PROOF:
374=17*22
374=374
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