One side of a rectangle is 4 ft longer than four times another side. The area of the rectangle is 440 ft?. Find the length of the longer side.

Yosef Bernal asked Aug 7, 2022

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One side of a rectangle is 4 ft longer than four times another side. The area of the rectangle is 440 ft?.

Find the length of the longer side.

Yosef Bernal asked Aug 7, 2022

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Answer:

One side is 87.2 The other side is 352.8

Explanation:

(4x+4)*x=440

5x+4=440

5x=436

x=87.2

(4(87.2)+4)=352.8

TompaLompa answered Aug 13, 2022

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