SOLUTION: If the length of a rectangle is 5 more inches greater than the width and the area is 14 inches squared. What equation can you use to find the width?

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Question 969318: If the length of a rectangle is 5 more inches greater than the width and the area is 14 inches squared. What equation can you use to find the width?

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Let represent the width. Since the length is 5 inches greater than the width, you can represent the length by . The area of a rectangle is the length times the width, so:





Solve the quadratic for , discarding any negative root.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it