document.write( "Question 120938: The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 5 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 79 cm2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth.\r
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The length of a rectangle is 1 cm more than 5 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 79 cm2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth.
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\n" ); document.write( "Formula: Area = (length)*(width)
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the width be \"x\" cm. ; Then length = \"5x+1\" cm.
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\n" ); document.write( "Your Problem:
\n" ); document.write( "79 cm^2 = (5x+1)*x
\n" ); document.write( "79 = 5x^2+x
\n" ); document.write( "5x^2+x-79=0
\n" ); document.write( "x = [-1 +- sqrt(1-4*5*-79)]/10
\n" ); document.write( "x = [-1 +- sqrt(1581)]/10
\n" ); document.write( "x = [-1 +- 39.7618]/10
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3.8762 cm (The width of the rectangle)
\n" ); document.write( "5x+1 = 20.3809 cm (The length of the rectangle)
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