SOLUTION: area is 84m^2 the length is 5+w width is w what are the length and width of rectangle

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Question 1097635: area is 84m^2 the length is 5+w width is w what are the length and width of rectangle
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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w%28w%2B5%29=84
Can you solve this for w?

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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area is 84m^2 the length is 5+w width is w what are the length and width of rectangle
It doesn't make sense to form a quadratic for this. All you need is a set of factors of 84 that DIFFER by 5. 

This set is: 12 and 7. As the width is shorter, it MUST be 7 m. Can you tell what the length is?

That's it!! Nothing COMPLEX and/or CONFUSING!