Area = L * (L - 4) 96 = L^2 - 4L 0 = L^2 - 4L - 96 Now you just need to guess The answers have to differ by 4 and add to 96. They are relatively close together. The larger one is minus. 0 = (L - 12)(L+8) The answer is the base = 12 The height = 8 L+8 gives nothing. Lengths don't have - results.
Millie can only make 5 quilt squares. If she needs 1 yard of blue fabric and 1 yard of pink fabric to make 1 quilt square and only has 5 yards of blue fabric and 7 yards of pink fabric, she can only make 5 quilt squares.