document.write( "Question 214435: A rectangular bedroom is 7ft longer than it is wide. It's area is 228 ft^2. What are it's dimensions? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the width. Then must represent the length. The area is the product of the length times the width, so:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Put it in standard form and then solve the quadratic for . Exclude the extraneous negative root. The positive root will be the width. Add 7 to get the length.\r
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