Question

The area of a rectangular wall of a barn is 42 square feet. Its length is 8 feet longer than twice its width. Find the length and width of the wall of the barn.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to your question is: length = 14 ft; width = 3 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

Area = 42 ft²

length = 8 + 2w

w = width = ?

length = ?

Formula

Area = length x width = l x w

Substitution

                     42 = (2w + 8)w

                     42 = 2w² + 8w

                     2w² + 8w - 42 = 0

                                                                  Dividing by 2

                      w² + 4w - 21 = 0                 Factorize

                     (w + 7) (w - 3) = 0

                     w1 = -7                      w2 = 3

     It's not possible to have negative widths

So the answer is w = 3 ft

      length = 2(3) + 8

      length = 6 + 8

      length = 14 ft