document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=987183>Question 987183</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is 5 centimeters less than three times it width. Its area is 12 squares centimeters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Use the formula, area=length*width </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Width = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 3x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = Length x Width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12cm^2 = (3x - 5)(x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12cm^2 = 3x^2 - 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sort into ax^2 + bx + c = 0 form<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2 - 5x - 12 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factorise<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3x + 4)(x - 3) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 4 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -4/3 (No answer as -ve)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 3 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = 3cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = 4cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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