Question

A rectangle has an area of 40 square units. The length is 6 units greater than the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Answer 1

Length = 10

Width = 4

The dimensions of the rectangle would be 10 by 4.

Answer 2

`W=2.58 unit`

`L=15.5 unit`

Explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Area
`A=40`

Equation

Length
`L=6LW`

Generally the equation for Area of a rectangle is mathematically given by

`A=L*W`

`A=W*(6W)`

`A=6W^2`

`W=√(40/6)`

`W=2.58 unit`

Therefore Length is

`L=6W`

`L=6(2.58)`

`L=15.5 unit`