Question

║║║║The length of a rectangle is 5 inches more than its width, x. The area of a rectangle can be represented by the equation x 2 + 5x = 300. What are the measures of the width and the length?║║║

Answer 1

So given l = x+5 and w = x

area represented by equation x^2 +5x = 300

x^2 +5x -300 =0

(x+20)(x-15)=0

x+20 =0
x = -20

x-15=0
x=15

so from these result the width of rectangle equal 15 inches and the length of rectangle equal 20 inches