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A rectangular parking lot has length that is 3 yards less than twice its width. If the area of the land is 299 square yards, what are the dimensions of the land?The parking lot has a width of square yards.

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Answer:

• Width = 13 yards

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• Length = 23 yards

Explanation:

Let the width of the parking lot = w yards.

The length is 3 yards less than twice its width.


\implies\text{Length}=(2w-3)\text{ yards}

The area of the land = 299 square yards.


w(2w-3)=299

We then solve the equation above for w.


\begin{gathered} 2w^2-3w=299 \\ \implies2w^2-3w-299=0 \end{gathered}

Factor the resulting quadratic expression.


\begin{gathered} 2w^2-26w+23w-299=0 \\ 2w(w-13)+23(w-13)=0 \\ (2w+23)(w-13)=0 \end{gathered}

Solve for w.


\begin{gathered} 2w+23=0\text{ or }w-13=0 \\ 2w=-23\text{ or }w=13 \\ w\\eq-(23)/(2),w=13 \end{gathered}

Since w cannot be negative, the parking lot has a width of 13 yards.

Finally, find the length of the parking lot.


\begin{gathered} 13l=299 \\ l=(299)/(13)=23\text{ yards} \end{gathered}

The length of the parking lot is 23 yards.

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