SOLUTION: the area of a rectangular wall of a barn is 96 square feet. its length is 10 feet longer than the width. find the length and width of the wall of the barn.
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Question 125496: the area of a rectangular wall of a barn is 96 square feet. its length is 10 feet longer than the width. find the length and width of the wall of the barn. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x is the width, x + 10 is the length. The area is the length times the width or and is equal to 96 sq ft.
Factors of -96 whose sum is +10 are -6 and +16, so:
, so or . You'll have a very hard time finding a barn wall with a width of -16 feet, so we can exclude that solution. The width is 6 feet and the lenght is 6 + 10 or 16 feet. That's a very tall, skinny barn or a long but very short barn.
