document.write( "Question 441874: The area of a rectangle is 6 yard-square. The length of the rectangle is one more than twice the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #304885 by jorel1380(3719)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! w(2w+1)=6 \n" ); document.write( "2w2+w=6 \n" ); document.write( "2w2+w-6=0 \n" ); document.write( "(2w-3)(w+2)=0 \n" ); document.write( "w=3/2 or -2 \n" ); document.write( "Throwing out the negative answer, we get the width to be 3/2yds., and the length to be 4 yds.. \n" ); document.write( " |