SOLUTION: Eliza wants to plant a rectangular garden. The length of the garden is to be 6 feet longer than the width, and the area is to be 35 square feet. Find the dimensions of the garden.

Question 394068: Eliza wants to plant a rectangular garden. The length of the garden is to be 6 feet longer than the width, and the area is to be 35 square feet. Find the dimensions of the garden.
Answer by pie90010(44) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

So just multiply the L and W and make it equal to the Area

you need to use the quadratic formula now to get W
W ends up being about so now to get the L , just add 6

So the answer is

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