Question 1027660


The length of a rectangle is 5 more than the width.

let the width be x
the length = (x+5)

x(x+5) =500

x^2+5x=500

x^2+5x-500=0

x^2+25z-20x-500=0

x(x+25)-20(x+25)=0

(x+25)(x-20)=0

x=20 the positive value

20 and 25 in are the dimensions

 The area is 500 square inches.