SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 35 ft^2, and the length is 8 feet less than three times the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Length? Width?

SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 35 ft^2, and the length is 8 feet less than three times the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Length? Width?

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Question 996778: The area of a rectangle is 35 ft^2, and the length is 8 feet less than three times the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?
Length?
Width?
Answer by anand429(138) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
length*width = 35 ft^2
(3w-8)*w =35
=>
=>
=> w = 5 (since w can not be negative
So width = 5 ft
and length = 7 ft
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