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A rectangle is 15 ft longer than it is wide it’s area is 1000ft2 what are it’s dimensions

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The dimension of the rectangle is 25 by 40

Let :

  • width = x
  • length = x + 15

Area of rectangle = x * (x + 15)

1000 = x² + 15x

x² + 15x - 1000 = 0

solving the quadratic equation

x(x - 25) +40(x - 25)

x = 25 or x = -40

The width cannot be negative.

Hence,

  • width = 25
  • Length = 25 + 15 = 40

Therefore, the dimension of the rectangle is 25 by 40

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