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Paul purchased a new fish tank, represented by the diagram below.

The height, h, of the tank is 3 feet, and the width, w, is 6 feet longer than the length, l. The volume of the tank (V=lwh) is 60 ft^3.
Write an equation that could be used to calculate the length of the tank.
Determine the exact length of the tank in simplest radical form.

Paul purchased a new fish tank, represented by the diagram below. The height, h, of-example-1

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Answer: l=-3+square root of 29

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