document.write( "Question 1100986: Molly is designing a dog house for her puppy that has a rectangular base. The length of the base is 7 inches more than its width. She wants the area of the base to be atleast 375 square inches. \r
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document.write( "If w represents the width of the doghouse, write the inequality that can be used to determine the possible dimensions of the base of the dog house. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #715547 by algebrahouse.com(1659)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! w = width \n" ); document.write( "w + 7 = length {length is 7 more than the width}\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle = width x length\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "w(w + 7) ≥ 375 {area needs to be at least 375} \n" ); document.write( "w² + 7w ≥ 375 {used distributive property} \n" ); document.write( " For more help from me, visit: www.algebrahouse.com \n" ); document.write( " |