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document.write( "The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 2 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 76 cm^2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "           Let the width of the rectangle be=xcms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               the length of the rectangle(l) =2x+1  cms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               area of the rectangle=l.b=76 cms^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                  l.b=76   i.e (2x+1).x=76  2x^2+x-76=0  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     since the factors cannot be found we factorise the eq'nusing the formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    we get two values for x x=5.9 & x=-6.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          we consider the +ve value for x  width = 5.9cms = 0.059mts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                    length = 2(5.9)+1=11.8+1 12.8 = 0.128mts </SPAN>\n" );
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