document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=329404>Question 329404</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangle and a square have the same area. The length of the rectangle is seventy feet more than two times its width. The length of a side of the square is thirty feet. Which equations would help you solve for the dimensions of the rectangle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the dimensions of the rectangle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the rectangle is seventy feet more than two times its width.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width be W.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length = 2W+70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And Area = W(2W+70) = 2W^2+70W<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of a side of the square is thirty feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of square = 30^2 = 900 sq ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which equations would help you solve for the dimensions of the rectangle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the dimensions of the rectangle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of rectangle = Area of square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2W^2+70W = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2 + 35W  - 450 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factor:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(W+45)(W-10) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Positive solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 10 ft (width of the rectangle)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since length = 2W+70, length = 20+70 = 90 ft<BR>\n" );
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