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A rectangular room has an area of 101.500000 square feet and a perimeter of 43 feet. What are the dimensions of the room? Find the exact
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A rectangular room has an area of 101.500000 square feet and a perimeter of 43 feet. What are the dimensions of the room? Find the exact solution.
I know that area = lw and perimeter = 2(l + w) and I know that this will end up being a quadratic equation. Not sure how to plug everything in and solve. Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A rectangular room has an area of 101.500000 square feet and a perimeter of 43 feet. What are the dimensions of the room? Find the exact solution.
OK, definitions:
Let x=width and y=length
area: xy=101.5
perimeter: 2(x+y) = 43
--> x+y = 43/2
--> y = 21.5 - x
so sub this into the area equation to give x(21.5 - x) = 101.5
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