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Given:

The area of a rectangle is 99 square yd.

Length of the rectangle = 7 yd more than twice the width.

To find:

The dimensions of the rectangle.

Solution:

Let x be the width of the rectangle. Then, length of the rectangle is:


Length=2x+7

Area of a rectangle is:


A=length* width


A=(2x+7)* x


A=2x^2+7x

The area of a rectangle is 99 square yd.


2x^2+7x=99


2x^2+7x-99=0

Splitting the middle term, we get


2x^2+18x-11x-99=0


2x(x+9)-11(x-9)=0


(x+9)(2x-11)=0

Using zero product property, we get


(x+9)=0 and
(2x-11)=0


x=-9 and
x=(11)/(2)


x=-9 and
x=5.5

Width of the rectangle cannot be negative. So,
x=5.5 yd.

Now, the length of the rectangle is:


Length=2x+7


Length=2(5.5)+7


Length=11+7


Length=18

Therefore, the length of the rectangle is 18 yd and the width of the rectangle is 5.5 yd.

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