Area of a Rectangle with Given Dimensions

Question: the area of a swimming pool is 104 sq feet, the width of the pool is 5 less than the length calculate the width and the length of the pool

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Answered By:

Chance V.
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Written Explanation:

The most important part of the solution is using the quadratic formula. Committing this formula to memory will help you in any future math class you take (it gets used a lot).

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