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  • 02-12-2019
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A rectangle is drawn so that the width is 3 feet shorter than the length. The area of the rectangle is 28 square feet. Find the length of the rectangle.

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  • 02-12-2019

Answer:

  7 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming the dimensions are integers, we can look at the factors of 28:

  28 = 1·28 = 2·14 = 4·7

The last pair differs by 3, so can be the solution to the problem.

The length of the rectangle is 7 feet.

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