SOLUTION: The height of a photograph is 40 cm greater than the width, and the area of the photograph
is 896 cm2 What is the height of the photograph?
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Question 1003320: The height of a photograph is 40 cm greater than the width, and the area of the photograph
is 896 cm2 What is the height of the photograph?
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let w=the width of the photograph. Then:
w(w+40)=896
w^2+40w-896=0
(w+56)(w-16)=0
w=16,-56
The width is 16cm, the height is 56cm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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