23.6/7
=3.371429 this is the final answer
LW = A
L(L - 3) = 18
L^2 - 3L - 18 = 0
(L - 6) (L + 3) = 0
L could be 6 or -3 ( -3 cannot be a length of a side of a rectangle since it’s negative.)
So L = 6 and W= 3
First you solve the inequality. Add the variables that can be added together. That would be -3 + 1=2. Now the equation is 2 + x<6. After you change the 2 into a negative and put it under the 6 and subtract. that is 3. 3 is the number you put on the number line. When you fine and plot three you make a dot above it. You fill in the dot since the less then sign has a line beneath it. Then you draw a line from the dot to the end of the number line from the direction the sign is facing. It’s a less then sign, so you would draw the line to the left.