A rectangle's width is 5 feet less than its height. If the area of the rectangle is 564 square feet, what is its length, in feet

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A rectangle's width is 5 feet less than its height. If the area of the rectangle is 564 square feet, what is its length, in feet

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larisa86 [58] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-11T23:37:34+03:00

We can set up an equation: x * (x + 5) = 564, where x is the length of the rectangle we are trying to solve. Using the quadratic formula to solve this, we eventually come up with approximately 21.38 as a value for x. We can verify this by typing 21.38 * (21.38 + 5) into a calculator and seeing that it approximately equals 564.