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CaHeK987 [17]
3 years ago
5

The length of a rectangular storage room is 3 feet longer than its width. if the area of the room is 40 square feet, find the wi

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Mathematics
1 answer:
xenn [34]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Width of rectangular storage room= 5 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the width of storage room.

We have been given that the length of a rectangular storage room is 3 feet longer than its width. So the length of storage room will be x+3.

We are also given that the area of the room is 40 square feet.

Since the area of a rectangle is length times width.

\text{Area of rectangle}=\text{Length* Width}

Let us substitute our given values in area formula.

40=x*(x+3)

Upon distributing x we will get,

40=x^2+3x

x^2+3x-40=0

Now let us factor out our quadratic equation using splitting the middle term.

x^2+8x-5x-40=0

x(x+8)-5(x+8)=0

(x+8)(x-5)=0

x+8=0 or x-5=0

x=-8 or x=5

Since width can not be negative, therefore, the width of rectangle will be 5 feet.

Let us verify our answer.

Length of rectangular storage room is 3 feet longer than its width. So length will be 5+3=8.

Given: Area=40 square feet.

5*8=40.

Hence, width of rectangular storage room is 5 feet.

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