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Question 891291: how to solve this? the length and width of a rectangle are consecutive even integers. the area of the rectangle is 120 cm. find the length and the width
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The consecutive even integers would be N and N%2B2.
N%28N%2B2%29=120
N%5E2%2B2N-120=0
%28N-10%29%28N%2B12%29=0
Two solutions but only the positive solution makes sense for this problem.
N-10=0
N=10
So the two integers are 10 and 12.