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The area of the rectangle shown is 13 ft?.
Find the length and the width of the rectangle.

The area of the rectangle shown is 13 ft?. Find the length and the width of the rectangle-example-1
User Thepolina
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The length and width are 1 and 13 ft.

w(w-12)=13
w^2-12w-13=0
w^2+w-13w-13
w(w+1) -13(w+1)
(w-13)(w+1)
w=13

w-12
13-12
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