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The area of a rectangle is 27 meters. If the length is 6 meters less than 3 times the width, then find the dimensions. Round to nearest 100?

Science & Mathematics by Anonymous 2018-06-21 00:32:30

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The area of a rectangle is 27 meters. If the length is 6 meters less than 3 times the width, then find the dimensions. Round to nearest 100?

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  • Anonymous

    Let the width be x and so x*(3x-6) = 27 or 3x^2 -6x -27 = 0 Solving the quadratic equation the width has a positive value of 4.16 and so the length is 6.49 both rounded to the nearest hundredth

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