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The length of a rectangle is 4 more than the width.

The area of the rectangle is 60 square yards. What
is the length of the rectangle?
w

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Answer:

length: 10

width: 6

area: 60

Explanation:

The length of the rect is 4 more than the width

I did guess and check

60 / 6 = 10

10 is 4 more than 6

10 * 6 = 60

User Muhammad Atif Agha
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Answer:

w(4 + w) = 60

(w + 10) (w - 6) = 0

10 yards

Explanation:

It's on Edgenuity

Hope this helped :)

User Jim Driscoll
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