SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 18 square meters. When the length is increased by 2 meters and the width by 3 meters the area becames 48 square meters. Find the dimensions of the smalle
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: The area of a rectangle is 18 square meters. When the length is increased by 2 meters and the width by 3 meters the area becames 48 square meters. Find the dimensions of the smaller triangle.
Just by looking at this problem I can tell the answer is 6 meters and 3 meters. But I can not figure out how to set up the forula.
I tried (m+2)(m+3)=48
I then used FOIL then used the quadratic formula but it didn't work.
Can anybody help
Thanks.
This question is from textbook Elementry and Entermeditate Algebra
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w = width
l = length
divide both sides by l
multiply both sides by l
divide both sides by 3
Two values of l make this equation true, l = 2 and l = 6
Going back to , if
l = 2
w = 9
Then going back to
This is true, so those values work
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If l = 6, then
w = 3
This is true also, so both
l = 2, w = 9
and
l = 6
w = 3
are both solutions. Take your pick
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