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Sarah_Marie
Oct 18, 2010, 02:07 PM
The length of a rectangle is 2 m more than the width. If the area of the rectangle is 20 m^2, what are the dimensions of the rectangle, to the nearest tenth of a meter?

galactus
Oct 19, 2010, 02:36 AM
This is very straightforward.

L=W+2

Thus, the area is

(W+2)\cdot W=20