document.write( "Question 404530: the area of a rectangle is 96 square centimeters. if the width of the rectangle is 4 centimeter less than its length, what are the dimension of the rectangle \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #285876 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! length= x \n" ); document.write( "width = x-4 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "area = L*W \n" ); document.write( "Area = x(x-4)=96 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-4x=96 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-4x-96=0 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-12x+8x-96=0 \n" ); document.write( "x(x-12)+8(x-12)=0 \n" ); document.write( "*x-12)(x+8)=0 \n" ); document.write( "So x= 12 cms===>length \n" ); document.write( "width = 12-4=8 cm \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |