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A rectangular park is three blocks longer than it is wide. the area of the park is 40 square blocks. If w represents the widths, write an equation in terms of w for the area of the park. Find the length and width of the park.

Originally Posted by aznmartinjai

A rectangular park is three blocks longer than it is wide. the area of the park is 40 square blocks. If w represents the widths, write an equation in terms of w for the area of the park. Find the length and width of the park.

Hello,

let l be the length of the park
let w be the width of the park

Then you know: l = w + 3

and a = l * w

Plug in the term for l :



You know: a = 40

Now you have a quadratic equation to solve:



The negative solution isn't very plausible here. Thus the park is 8 blocks long and 5 blocks wide.