document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=921846>Question 921846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need to figure  length=     Width=   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "With a width that is 8 units shorter than it's length and covers an area of 240  square units \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Need equation too </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "w=L-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240=wL<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240=L(L-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240=L^2-8L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L^2-8L-240=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(L-20)(L+12)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "((L-20)(L+12))/(L+12)=0/(L+12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L-20=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=20-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=12 </SPAN>\n" );
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