document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70602>Question 70602</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/003066053X/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the area of a rectangle is twenty seven square feet. the base is three more than twice the height. what are the dimensions of the rectangle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "THEREFORE THE AREA OF THE RECTANGLE IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2H+3)H=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2H^2+3H-27=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2H+9)(H-3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2H+9=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2H=-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=-8/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=-4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H-3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=3 FEET ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS THE BASE=2*3+3=6+3=9 FEET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*9=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27=27<BR>\n" );
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