document.write( "Question 687530: please explain me in rectangle the length is one more than breadth, the area is 72sq.units what is the lenth
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Area = Length * Breadth
\n" ); document.write( "A = L * B
\n" ); document.write( "And we know that L = B + 1
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rewrite the area equation:
\n" ); document.write( "72 = L * B
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute (B+1) in for L
\n" ); document.write( "72 = (B + 1) * B
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\n" ); document.write( "72 = B^2 + B
\n" ); document.write( "Set the equation equal to zero\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0+=+B%5E2+%2B+B+-+72\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now you can use the quadratic equation.
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation \"aB%5E2%2BbB%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"1B%5E2%2B1B%2B-72+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"B%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%281%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-72=289\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=289 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-1%2B-sqrt%28+289+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"B%5B1%5D+=+%28-%281%29%2Bsqrt%28+289+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+8\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"B%5B2%5D+=+%28-%281%29-sqrt%28+289+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-9\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"1B%5E2%2B1B%2B-72\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"1B%5E2%2B1B%2B-72+=+1%28B-8%29%2A%28B--9%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 8, -9.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+1%2Ax%5E2%2B1%2Ax%2B-72+%29\"

\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note that you can not have a negative value for the answer. So B = 8
\n" ); document.write( "Now plug 8 in for B in the L = B + 1 equation
\n" ); document.write( "L = 8 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28L+=+9%29\"
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