document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=554187>Question 554187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you know that the area of a rectangle is 48cm sq. Find the length if it is 5 times the width plus one. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length if it is 5 times the width plus one.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = 48 cm sq<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = L*W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let W be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then L is \"5X+1\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(x+1) = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x-48 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 6.4462 or x = -7.4462<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Positive solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = 6.4462<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 7.4462<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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