The width of rectangle is 6
Solution:
Let the width of rectangle be "x"
A rectangle is 2 feet longer than it is wide
Therefore, length = 2 + width
length = 2 + x
The area of rectangle is 48 square feet
The area of rectangle is given by formula:

Substituting the given values, we get

The above equation is used to find the width "x"
Let us solve the above equation by quadratic formula



Thus the two values of "x" are:

Since width cannot be negative, x = -8 is not a solution
Therefore, x = 6
Thus the width of rectangle is 6