The length of a rectangle is 7 more than the width. The area is 744 square centimeters. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

the width of the rectangle is 24 centimeters and the length is 31 centimeters.

Step-by-step explanation:

We first have to write an equation for this, but let's just recall that the area of a rectangle is equal to the length times the width. A=L×W.

A is the area

L is the length

W is the width.

So, for our equation we can start out by putting that 744= ? times ?.

So, we are given that the length is 7 more than the width. We are going to have to translate that to represent the length.

We need a variable. Let's use the letter "W," the width of the rectangle.

W=W.

The length is 7 more than the width, so it is L=W+7.

Length represents the W+7

Width represents W.

Now, we can complete our equation.

744=W(W+7).

Simplify the expression.

744=+7W.

Alright, you may be thinking on how we are going to solve this problem. This equation correlates with quadratic functions.

Let's complete the square.

In a quadratic function, the standard from is y=.

We need to find the c value.

We can do this by applying a formula. The formula states that c= b/2 and the whole thing squared. In other words, .

In this case, the b value is 7.

square 7, which is 49 and square 2 which is 4.

Now, the c value is 49/4.

We have now just created a perfect square trinomial.

Not only do we add 49/4 to W squared plus 7W, we also add 49/4 to 744.

744 plus 49/4 is 756/25.

Now, we have

Change W squared plus 7w plus 49/4 to a binomial squared.

Just take the square root of the a value, W, and 49/4 for c. the square root of W squared is W. the square root of 49/4 is 7/2.

Those values are to the power of 2.

In other words,

To isolate for W, take the square root of both sides.The square root of W plus 7/2 squared is just W+7/2. The square root of 756.25 is 27.5

There are two solutions for W because square roots be positive or negative, but we are dealing with positive since negative doesn't make sense with the context of the problem.

We have

Isolate for W by subtracting both sides by 3.5 You get to W=24.

Therefore, the width of the rectangle is 24 centimeters.

Alright, we found the width. We now need to find the length. The problem stated that the rectangle was 7 more than the width. So, 24+7=31. Therefore, the length of the rectangle is 31 centimeters.

L=31cm

W=24cm.

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