SOLUTION: 1. The length of a rectangular window is 5 feet more than its width, w. The area of the window is 36 square feet. Write an equation to represent the area of the window. Please ha
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Question 949266: 1. The length of a rectangular window is 5 feet more than its width, w. The area of the window is 36 square feet. Write an equation to represent the area of the window. Please have your final equation equal to zero. Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathLover1:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1. The length of a rectangular window is 5 feet more than its width, w. The area of the window is 36 square feet. Write an equation to represent the area of the window.
Area = L*W
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Please have your final equation equal to zero.
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first, you know that the window is a rectangular, and the area is
given that the length of a window is more than its width ,
so, we have ...eq.1
if the area of the window is , then we have
....substitute from eq.1
......solve for ...factor completely
solutions:
if =>
if =>..we cannot use this solution, the width cannot be negative
so, the width is
go to eq.1 and find the length:
...eq.1
