Problema Solution

Your backyard is rectangular and has an area of 760 square meters. The length of the yard is 18 meters more than the width. Find the length and the width of the backyard.

Answer provided by our tutors

Let width be x meters

length= x+18 meters

area= 760 sq meters

ie x(x+18)=760

x2+18x=760=0

x= 20

ie width = 20 meters

 length= 38 meters