Keywords:
Rectangle, length, width, area, inches, equation, variable
For this case, we have a ractangle of area 104 square inches, they tell us that its length is 5 inches greater than the width. In addition, we have the following equation where the variable "x" represents the width of the rectangle.
By definition, the area of a rectangle is given by:
Where:
l: It's the lenght
x: It is the width
square inches
For the width we have:
We find the solutions of the equation by factoring, that is, we look for two numbers that when multiplied give as result -104 and when summed give as result +5. So, those numbers are +13 and -8.
So, we have:
The roots are:
The solution that makes sense for the width of the rectangle is: x_ {2} = 8
Thus, the width of the rectangle is x = 8 inches
If the thickness is 5 inches greater than the width, then:
Verifying the area, we have:
square inches
ANswer: