document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962483>Question 962483</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The width of a rectangle is 3 less than twice its length. If the area of the rectangle is 87 cm^2, what is the length of the diagonal?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #588111 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=588111\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> w=-3+2L and wL=87  using w for width and L for length.  The question is to find <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28w%5E2%2BL%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28w%5E2%2BL%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That discriminant is 15*47, so no further simplifications.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your choice if you want to handle everything in radical form or to put into decimal base-ten number form.  You want something like or equivalent to <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and then<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Decimalized base-ten form would be easier. </SPAN>\n" );
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