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Answer: x(x-4) = 140 This equation can be solve to find the length.
Step-by-step explanation:
If the width of the rectangle will be 4 less than the length and the length is represented by x then we could have the equation w=x - 4 for the width and the length is just x. And to find the area of a rectangle we multiply the length by the with so multiply x-4 by x for it to equal 140 because 140 is the area.
x(x-4) = 140 solve for x
- 4x = 140 subtract 140 from both sides
x^2 - 4x - 140 = 0 find a number that the product is 140 and the sum is -4
-14 and 10 works out.
- 14x + 10x - 140 = 0 factor by grouping
x(x -14) 10(x-14) = 0 factor out x-14
(x-14) ( x+10) = 0 set them both equal zero.
x-14= 0 or x+10 = 0
x = 14 or x= -10
Since -10 can't represent a distance, the answer is 14.
Check.
In this case the length is 14 and if the width is 4 less than the length then we will subtract 4 from 14.
14- 4 = 10 so the width is 10.
14 * 10 = 140