document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1015459>Question 1015459</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangle has length 4 cm greater than its width. find its width given that its area is 96 cm2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #631937 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39616)</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=631937\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You must literally follow the description, make the equation or equations, and solve the problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for any unknown variables.  I will do this here using ONLY variables without any actual values.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>A rectangle has length k cm greater than its width. find its width given that its area is A cm2.</i><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let w be width, and L be length.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make the obvious substitution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w%5E2%2Bkw-A=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w%5E2%2Bkw-A=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----if you substitute your example's actual values here, you may find that the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "specific equation is factorable and easily solved; but otherwise, you can use your other skills<BR>\n" );
document.write( "about quadratic equations...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of these might not make sense while the other of these WILL make sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use any similar skills OR related skill to find L.  Note, you can start again forming a quadratic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation in L, or you can go back to L=w+k, substitute here for w, and solve for L that way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, if you take the red-outlined equation and use the given values for YOUR example,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "finding w and L may be easier.<BR>\n" );
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