SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 6 more than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 56 sq ft. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 6 more than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 56 sq ft. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

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Question 188553: The length of a rectangle is 6 more than twice the width. The area of the rectangle is 56 sq ft. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let w be the width. Then the length is 2w + 6. The area is the length times the width, so:

Factor the quadratic and exclude the extraneous negative root.

John

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