document.write( "Question 866379: the of a rectangle is 4 feet less than twice the width.the area is 160 squ the are feet. find the length andd width of the rectangle and diagonal \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "A = Lw = (2w-4)w = 160 
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document.write( "w^2 -2w - 80 = 0
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document.write( "(w + 8)(w-10) = 0   (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)
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document.write( "         w = 10ft  and L = 16ft    \n" );
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