Problema Solution

length of a rectangle in 3yd more than twice the width, and the area of the rectangle is 77yd^2

Answer provided by our tutors

We will solve assuming that we need to find the length and the width of the rectangle.

x = the width, x>=0

2x + 3 = the length

A = 77 yd^2 the area

A = width*length

x(2x + 3) = 77

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x = 5.5 yd

We need to ignore the negative solution -7 since the width can not be negative.

2x + 3 = 2*5.5 + 3 = 14 yd

The width is 5.5 yd and the length is 14 yd.