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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The area of a playground is 266yd^2. The width of the playground is 5yd longer than its length. Find the legnth and width of the playground. A. legnth=19, width=24 B. length=19,width=14 C. length=14,width=19 D. length=24,width=19

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

area = length * breadth

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

breadth ( width ) = length + 5

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

area = length * ( length + 5 ) 266 = length ^ 2 + 5 length

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

length ^ 2 +5 length - 266 = 0

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

solve the linear equation

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