SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular storage room is 8 f e e t l o n g e r t h a n i t s w i d t h . I f t h e a r e a o f t h e r o o m i s 1 0 5 s q u a r e f e
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Question 682982: The length of a rectangular storage room is 8 f e e t l o n g e r t h a n i t s w i d t h . I f t h e a r e a o f t h e r o o m i s 1 0 5 s q u a r e f e e t ,
find its dimensions. Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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The length of a rectangular storage room is longer than its width .
............eq. 1
if the area of the room is , than
.........eq. 2....substitute from eq. 1
....solve for
find only positive root because the width cannot be negative
