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Question 748099: A rectangular garden is 10ft longer than its width. Its area is 875ft2. What are its dimensions?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangular garden is 10ft longer than its width. Its area is 875ft2. What are its dimensions?
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Let width be "x"
Then length = "x+10"
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Equation:
Area = L*W
x(x+10) = 875
x^2 + 10x -875 = 0
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(x-25)(x+35) = 0
width = x = 25 ft
length = x+10 = 35 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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