document.write( "Question 381505: Area of rectangle is 95 square feet. Length is 6 feet longer than width, find dimesions of the rectangle. Round each dimension to the nearest tenth. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x and (x + 6) represent the width and length respectively
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document.write( "Area = l*w
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document.write( "  (x + 6)x = 95ft^2
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document.write( "  x^2 + 6x - 95 = 0
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document.write( "Tossing out the negative solution
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document.write( "  x = 7.2ft, the width to the nearest tenth.  Length 13.2ft   (7.2ft + 6ft) \n" );
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