document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=660866>Question 660866</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 2 1/2 times its width. Its area is 90 squares units. What are its dimensions? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "l=2 1/2(w)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute l into the first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 1/2(w))w = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.52w^2 - 90 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiples of 90:  30,3: 15,6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using 15,6 as 2.5 times one of them must equal the other<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2.5w+15)(w-6)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = -15/2.5 NO<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "l = 2 1/2(6) = 15 </SPAN>\n" );
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