Question 262770
Hello, 
We know the area of a rectangle is width times height, right? So let's set up "x"
to represent the width so the length will be x+2. Now we can write an equation:
x(x+2)=35 Rewritten this will look like:
x^2+2x=35 Subtract 35 from both sides to be:
x^2+2x-35=0 Now we can factor this to get:
(x-5)(x+7)=0 Solve for x:
x=5
x=-7 We know this answer would not work so:
x=5 is our solution. So: Width is 5 feet and length is 7 feet. 
Make sense?
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