bewellplus.gsu.edu
jordanmna013jt jordanmna013jt
  • 10-06-2016
  • Mathematics
Answered

║║║║The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than its width, x. The area of a rectangle can be represented by the equation x 2 + 5x = 300. What are the measures of the width and the length?║║║

Verified Answer :

jhonyy9
jhonyy9 jhonyy9
  • 14-06-2016

so given l = x+5 and w = x

area represented by equation x^2 +5x = 300

x^2 +5x -300 =0

(x+20)(x-15)=0

x+20 =0
x = -20

x-15=0
x=15

so from these result the width of rectangle equal 15 inches and the length of rectangle equal 20 inches

Answer Link

Related Questions

How would you date a sample of rock that you suspect as being one of the earliest on Earth
Which describes the Northwest Indians a made their homes on mounds where they buried their dead b farmed squash beans and other plants and lived in wigwams c li
What is the interquartile range of the data 100 120 130 188 196 220 265 300 A1175 B200 C145 D2425
Safety training in the workplace should be focused on a prevention of accidents b treatment of accidents c reporting of accidents d discovery of accidents
Evaluate the expression below when x 4 4x2 2x 15 56
What would occur if a fetuss chorion tissue ruptured
134 milligrams is the same as how many kg
Find the value of arc cos 0
A new tax on real estate is an example of an input demand symbol output
a a is an example of which algebraic property