A knitter wants to make a rug for a dollhouse. The length of the rug will be 2 inches more than it's width. The total area of th
e rug (in square inches ) based on the width W of the rug (in inches ) is given by A (w) = w (2+w) If the desired area of the rug is 15 square inches, what is the width of the rug, in inches ?
A knitter wants to make a rug for a dollhouse. The length of the rug will be 2 inches more than it's width. Let the width of the rug be represented by w. This means that the length of the rug will be w + 2
The total area of the rug (in square inches ) based on the width W of the rug (in inches ) is given by
A(w) = w (2+w)
If the desired area of the rug is 15 square inches,,the width will be determined by substituting 15 for A(w). It becomes
