document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=753277>Question 753277</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The width and the length of a rectangle are consecutive even integers. If the width is decreased by 3 inches, then the area of the resulting rectangle is 24 square inches. What is the area of the original rectangle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 in^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 in^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 in^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The width and the length of a rectangle are consecutive even integers. If the width is decreased by 3 inches, then the area of the resulting rectangle is 24 square inches. What is the area of the original rectangle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 in^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 in^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 in^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be the smaller integer of W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then length = W + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If width is decreased by 3, it becomes: W - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, new width, times original length, equals given area, OR\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(W - 3)(W + 2) = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(W + 5)(W - 6) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W, or width = - 5(ignore), or 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length, therefore = 8 (6 + 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of original rectangle = 6 * 8, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2848_square_inches%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2848_square_inches%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the check!!\r<BR>\n" );
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