SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 5 inches longer than it is wide. If the area is 50 square inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
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Question 1160528: The length of a rectangle is 5 inches longer than it is wide. If the area is 50 square inches, what are the dimensions of the rectangle? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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The area of a rectangle is the length times the width. But if the length is 5 inches longer than the width, the length can be represented by . So the area is:
Expand, put the quadratic equation in standard form, and solve for the positive root to get the width. Add 5 for the length.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
