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13 February, 06:38

Question 5 the area of a rectangle is 35 ft2, and the length of the rectangle is 3 ft more than twice the width. find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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  1. 13 February, 06:56
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    Let's assume w represent the width of the rectangle.

    Given that, the length of the rectangle is 3 ft more than twice the width.

    So, we can write:

    Length = 3 + 2w

    And area = 35

    So, length * width = 35

    (3+2w) * w = 35

    3w + 2w²=35 By distribution property.

    3w + 2w²-35 = 0 Subtract 35 from each sides.

    2w² + 3w - 35 = 0

    Next step is to solve the above equation by factoring to get the vaue of w.

    To factor the above trinomial, multiply the constant - 35 with the leading coefficient 2.

    So, - 35*2 = - 70.

    Next step is to breakdown - 70 into two multiples so that their addition will result the coefficient of w=3.

    So, - 70 = - 7 * 10

    And addition of - 7 and 10 will give 3.

    So, next step is to replace 3w with - 7w + 10w. Therefore,

    2w² - 7w + 10w - 35 = 0

    (2w² - 7w) + (10w - 35) = 0 Make the group of two terms.

    w (2w - 7) + 5 (2w - 7) = 0 Take out the common factor from each group.

    (2w - 7) (w + 5) = 0 Again take out the common factor (2w-7).

    So, 2w - 7 = 0 and w + 5 = 0 Set both the factor equal to 0.

    2w = 7 and w = - 5

    w = 7/2

    So, w = 3.5 because width cannot be negative 5.

    Now plug in w=3.5 in 3 + 2w to get the length.

    So, length = 3 + 2 (3.5)

    = 3 + 7

    = 10

    Hence the dimension of the rectangle is 10 ft and 3.5 ft.
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