document.write( "Question 244893: how do you find the length and width of a rectangle that area is 60 ft
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Algebra.Com's Answer #179029 by jsmallt9(3758) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The simple answer: You can't.

\n" ); document.write( "Area of a rectangle is length times width. So any pair of positive numbers that multiply together and make 60 could be a possible length and width:
\n" ); document.write( "1 and 60
\n" ); document.write( "2 and 30
\n" ); document.write( "3 and 20
\n" ); document.write( "etc.
\n" ); document.write( "And these are just the integers that work. We could also have:
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 and 120
\n" ); document.write( "1/10 and 600
\n" ); document.write( " $\"sqrt%2860%29\"$ and $\"sqrt%2860%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "etc.

\n" ); document.write( "I suspect that you have left out part of the problem that would allow us to figure out a specific length and width. The missing part may be something like \"The length is 11 more than the width\" or \"The perimeter is 64\". \n" ); document.write( "

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