document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=89969>Question 89969</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than 5 times its width.  If the are of the rectangle is 65 cm^2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be \"x\"; then the length is \"5x+2\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(5x+2) = 65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x^2+2x-65=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=[-2+-sqrt(4-4*5*-65)]/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Positive solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=[-2+sqrt(1304)]/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3.411 (width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+2=19.055 (length)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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