the area of a rectangle is 99yd^2 and the length is 7yd then double the widtth

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anonymous · Answer

question is real unclear
what does "the length is 7 yds then double the width" mean?

anonymous · Answer

can you post a screenshot or something? hard to guess what is means

anonymous · Answer

y yards more than twice the width?

anonymous · Answer

thats all it says thats why it confused me. I dont understand what I am supposed to be doing.

anonymous · Answer

can you post a picture?  or write it again verbatim?  the question is really unclear

anonymous · Answer

my guess: the area of a rectangle is 99 square yards
the length is 7 more than twice the width
find the dimensions
but that is just a guess

anonymous · Answer

omg im an idiot your right. I didnt read the whole thing correctly. I hate online clases

anonymous · Answer

ok now we are getting somewhere
lets call the width $x$ so the length is $2x+7$

anonymous · Answer

since area is length times width 
you have 
$$x(2x+7)=99$$ solve for $x$

anonymous · Answer

i.e. 
$$2x^2+7x-99=0$$ if you are lucky it factors

anonymous · Answer

is it 11??

anonymous · Answer

man my algebra stinks

anonymous · Answer

it should be 
$$x(2x+7)=99\
2x^2+14x=--\
2x^2+14x-99=0$$

anonymous · Answer

mine too lol I havent been in school in 8 years so I had to take college algebra

anonymous · Answer

no that is not good either

anonymous · Answer

if it is an on line class can you post a screen shot?

anonymous · Answer

how do i screen shot my laptop?

anonymous · Answer

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