document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=575561>Question 575561</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 5 meters longer than the width. The area is 300 square meters. How long is the rectangle? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you give me an equation? I swear, nobody knows how to find it:( </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sol:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the unknown parameter width be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and length = 5 + x , as given<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area = 500 sq units<BR>\n" );
document.write( "l * width = area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so subtitute what you know in the above equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5 + x)*(x) = 300------------- 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the above equation is the required one to find the length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x which gives length = 15 meter\r<BR>\n" );
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