document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=143808>Question 143808</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is two feet more than four times its width. find the width given the area is 42 feet. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what i have done:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42=4(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42=4x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=4x-34<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length=4x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(4x+2)=42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2+2x-42=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2+x-21=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solutions are 3 and -7/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so x=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 4x+2=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: width is 3 feets </SPAN>\n" );
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