SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 3 meters longer than the width. If the area is 36 square meters, find the rectangle's dimensions. Round to the nearest tenth of a meter.
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Question 374595: The length of a rectangle is 3 meters longer than the width. If the area is 36 square meters, find the rectangle's dimensions. Round to the nearest tenth of a meter. Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! w(w+3) = 36, or .
then by the quadratic formula, meters. We discard the negative value!) That's the width. The length is 4.7 + 3 = 7.7 meters.
