document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=616155>Question 616155</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the area of a rectangle is 72 inē The width is 6 inches greater than the length What expression represents the width </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "72 = 6*12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The hard way:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w*(w+6) = 72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we have to factor anyway, and get w = 6, w = 12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sometimes the answer is obvious.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it said, \"the area of a rectangle is 73 inē The width is 6 inches greater than the length What expression represents the width\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you have to do some math. </SPAN>\n" );
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