SOLUTION: the area of a plot of land is 126 square meter.If the breadth of plot is 5 meter less then its lenght,what is its length and breadth

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Question 1113305: the area of a plot of land is 126 square meter.If the breadth of plot is 5 meter less then its lenght,what is its length and breadth
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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W*(W+5) = 126.


Solve for W and then evaluate L = W + 5.


Or solve it mentally  126 = 9*14  is decomposition of the number 126 into the product of two positive numbers with the difference of 5.