document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=22221>Question 22221</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of the floor of a rectangular closet is 1 foot more than the width.  The area of the floor is 56 square feet.  Find the length and width of the floor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I figured the answer was 7 and 8, beacause it made sense.  But how would I have algebraicly found that answer?? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "   Area of the recatangular closet =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             Area =LxW<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              56= LxW\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " SO IN OUR PROBLEM- LENGHT IS 1 FOOT MORE THAN THE WIDTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                  SO, L= 1+W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                       WIDTH =W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    OUR NEW DIMESION IS-<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              AREA= LENGHT X WINDTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                54=(1+W){W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                54=W(1+W}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                54=W+W^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                0=W^2+W-54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "REWRITE AS    W^2+W-54=0 IN A QUADRATIC FORM.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              TO SOLVE FOR W-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FACTORISE OR  solving using Almighty quadratic fomulae to get the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( " By factorizing-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  (w+8)(w-7)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  w=-8 or w=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We will have to choose 7 ,because a width cannot be negative so,so the width is 7 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore if width is 7 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             Lenght=1+W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               L=1+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               L=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO LENGHT= 8 FEET<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    WIDTH= 7 FEET\r<BR>\n" );
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