Question

The length of a rectangle is 2 units more than the width. The area of the rectangle is

48 units. What is the length, in units, of the rectangle?

Answer 1

width=6

length=8

Explanation:

let the length of the width be w

length=w+2

area=w(2+w)

2w+w²=48

use quadratic formular

w=-8 or w=6

take the positive one