Answer:
Let's call the length of the field "l", and the width of the field "w".
If the area of the field is 72 square meters, then we have:
l x w = 72
And if the length is 6 meters longer than the width, we have:
l = w+6
So looking at the first equation (l x w = 72), we can substitute the l for a w+6.
And we obtain:
(w+6) x (w) = 72
Which simplifies to w^2 + 6w = 72.
This quadratic equation is pretty easy to solve, you just need to factor it.
w^2 + 6w - 72 = 0
(w-6)(w+12)
This leaves the roots of the quadratic equation to be 6 and -12, but in this case, a width of -12 wouldn't make sense.
So, the width of the rectangular field is 6, and the length of the field is 12.
Let me know if this helps!
where y1 and x1 are your points from the coordinate and m is the slope. So yours would look like this: y-(-4)=-3(x-(-1)) or y + 4 = -3(x + 1)