Question

The length of a rectangle is the sum of the width and 3. The area of the rectangle is 28 square units. What is the length, in units, of the rectangle?

Answer 1

Length is 7 units

Step by Step explanation:

Assuming you mean the Area is 28 square units

Then

L = w + 3

A = w(w + 3)

28 = w2 + 3w

We can subtract 28 from both sides of the equation to obtain the Quadratic

w2 + 3w - 28 = 0

Factoring to give

(w + 7)(w - 4) = 0

The width cannot be -7

w = 4

L = w + 3

L = 4 + 3 = 7

The width of the rectangle is 4 units and the length of the rectangle is 7 unites.