Question

One side of a rectangel is 1 m less then the other .if the area of the rectangle is 60m2,what are its dimension?

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Answer 1

• The sides are 8.26 m and 7.26 m

Explanation:

The sides are x and x - 1

The area is:

• x(x - 1) = 60
• x² - x - 60 = 0
• x = ( 1 +
  `√(1 - 4*(-60))`)/2 ≈ 8.26 m