document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=717655>Question 717655</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 8 centimeters less than three times its width. Its area is 35 square centimeters.What is the dimension of the rectangle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "L=3W-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35=(3W-8)W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35=3W^2-8W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3W^2-8W-35=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3W+7)(W-5)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W-5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=5 ANS FOR THE WIDTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=3*5-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=15-8=7 ANS. FOR THE LENGTH.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35=7*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35=35 </SPAN>\n" );
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