SOLUTION: Define your variable(s), write an equation, and then solve the following problem. give your final answer in a sentence. The length of the rectangular garden is 4 m greater than

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Question 621015: Define your variable(s), write an equation, and then solve the following problem. give your final answer in a sentence.
The length of the rectangular garden is 4 m greater than the width. the are of the garden is 96 m^2. find the length and the width.

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Let represent the measure of the width. Then must represent the measure of the length. Since we can write:



Distribute, put the quadratic in standard form, and solve by factoring. Discard the negative root. Use your calculated value for to calculate . You can write your own sentence.

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