document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=497679>Question 497679</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the width of a retangle is 1ft less than the length, the area is 30ft^2. find the length and the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the width is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the length is: </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Just off the top of my head, I would guess 5 feet by 6 feet.  But let's check on my intuition.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> represent the width.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\ +\ 1\"> must represent the length.  And since the area is 30 square feet:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ w(w\ +\ 1)\ =\ 30\"> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ w^2\ +\ w\ -\ 30\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the quadratic for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\">, then calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\ +\ 1\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Was my guess correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Extra Credit.  Solve the same problem using <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l\"> to represent the length and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l\ -\ 1\"> to represent the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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