SOLUTION: a rectangle is 6 inches longer than it is wide the area of the reran gel is 112 square inches find the length and width of the rectangle
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Question 970445: a rectangle is 6 inches longer than it is wide the area of the reran gel is 112 square inches find the length and width of the rectangle
You can put this solution on YOUR website! L*w=Area=112 in^2
w
L=w +6
w(w+6)=112
w^2+6w-112=0 This is distributing the w and subtracting 112 from both sides. I now have a quadratic equation.
Factor it
4/23 no 8/14 yes
(w+14)(w-8)=0 ; This works if either w+14 or w-6=0
w=-14, w=8 ; only the second makes sense
length=8+6=14
14*8=112 (in*in=in^2).
The length is 14 and the width is 8
