Problema Solution

If the length of a rectangle is 3 feet longer than the width and the diagonal is 15 feet, then what are the length and width?

Answer provided by our tutors

x^2 +(x+3)^2= 15^2

x^2+x^2+6x+9=225

2x^2+6x- 216=0

x^2 +3x - 108=0

(x-9)(x+12)=0

x=9

and x=-12 not possible.

width= 9feet

length =12 feet.