SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular storage room is 8 f e e t l o n g e r t h a n i t s w i d t h . I f t h e a r e a o f t h e r o o m i s 1 0 5 s q u a r e f e

Question 682982: The length of a rectangular storage room is 8 f e e t l o n g e r t h a n i t s w i d t h . I f t h e a r e a o f t h e r o o m i s 1 0 5 s q u a r e f e e t ,
find its dimensions.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The length of a rectangular storage room is longer than its width .
............eq. 1
if the area of the room is , than

.........eq. 2....substitute from eq. 1

....solve for

find only positive root because the width cannot be negative

now find the length

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