document.write( "Question 751687: You are building a rectangular deck. The area of the deck should be 250 ft squared. You want the length of the deck to be 5 ft longer than twice its width. What should the dimensions of the deck be?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #457362 by rothauserc(4718)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are building a rectangular deck. The area of the deck should be 250 ft squared. You want the length of the deck to be 5 ft longer than twice its width.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let w be the width and 2w+5 is the length, then\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "w(2w+5) = 250 \n" ); document.write( "2w^2+5w-250=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(2w+25) * (w-10) = 0 and\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "w=10 and l = 25\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |