SOLUTION: The area of a playground is 160yd^2. The width of the playgroundis 6yd longer than its length. Can you please help me find the length and width of the playground?

Question 919760: The area of a playground is 160yd^2. The width of the playgroundis 6yd longer than its length. Can you please help me find the length and width of the playground?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a playground is 160yd^2. The width of the playgroundis 6yd longer than its length. Can you please help me find the length and width of the playground?
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You should specify the shape, tho a rectangle is implied by length and width.
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Try pairs of factors of 160.
1 by 160 NG
2 by 80 NG
etc
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w and L.
w=L+6.

Factorization may take time...

Only the PLUS form makes sense.

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From that, .

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The green outlined quadratic is factorable as (L-10)(L+16)=0 and then could be solved this way.
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