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A rectangle’s length is 5 inches more than twice its width. Its area is 50 square inches. Which equation can be used to find its width, w?
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A rectangle’s length is 5 inches more than twice its width. Its area is 50 square inches. Which equation can be used to find its width, w?

User Mike Nishizawa
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If the width is w, then the length can be defined as 2w+5.

The area can be found using lxw, and we can substitute in our length to get w(2w+5).

Expand to get 2w^2+5y
User Saif Ahmad
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multiplication can be used
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