SOLUTION: One formation for a drill team is rectangular. The number of members in each row exceeds the number of rows by 3. If there is a total of 108 members in the formation, how many rows
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: One formation for a drill team is rectangular. The number of members in each row exceeds the number of rows by 3. If there is a total of 108 members in the formation, how many rows are there?
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Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x=rows, so x+3="number in a row" ... x(x+3)=108 ... x^2+3x-108=0 ... (x+12)(x-9)=0
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