Question

The width of the rectangle is 2 more than the length. The area of the rectangle is 63 square inches. How long is the width?

Answer 1

9 inches

Explanation:

Area of rectangle= length ×width

Let the length of the rectangle be x inches.

Width of rectangle= (x +2) inches

since the width is 2 more than the length.

63= x(x+2)

63= x(x) +2x

Bringing constant to one side,

x² +2x -63= 0

(x +9)(x-7) = 0 (factorise)

x+9= 0 or x-7= 0

x= -9 or x= 7

(reject)

width of rectangle

= 7+2

= 9 inches

*We reject x= -9 since the length of the rectangle cannot be a negative number.