Question 361068: The length of a rectangle is 2 less than 3 times the width. Find the dimensions if the area is 65 square meters Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! l = 3w - 2. Then A =lw, or (3w-2)w = 65. , , , , or . We eliminate the first value. Therefore, the width is 5 meters and length is 13 meters.