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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than its width. The area of the rectangle is 14 square inches. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

OpenStudy (lalaly):

Whats the formula for area of a rectangle?

OpenStudy (aravindg):

yep do you know that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

formula is (5+w)w=14

OpenStudy (anonymous):

expand and use the quadratic eq to solve, take only the positive value as we are not interested in a negative area

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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