Your backyard is 27 feet longer than it is wide. Its area is 9718 square feet. What is the width Set up and solve a quadratic equation.

Width = 86 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Create two equations with the info:

L = 27 + W

where L represents the length and W the width of the backyard.

The other one is about the area of the rectangular backyard:

Area = L x W

where you replace the area with 9718 and the length (L) with (27 + W):

and solve for W using the quadratic equation:

This gives us two solutions:

W = - 113

and W = 86

We use the positive solution since this is a distance.

Therefore the width is: 86 feet

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step-by-step explanation:

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simplifying

5(x + -6) = 2(x + 3)

reorder the terms:

5(-6 + x) = 2(x + 3)

(-6 * 5 + x * 5) = 2(x + 3)

(-30 + 5x) = 2(x + 3)

reorder the terms:

-30 + 5x = 2(3 + x)

-30 + 5x = (3 * 2 + x * 2)

-30 + 5x = (6 + 2x)

solving

-30 + 5x = 6 + 2x

solving for variable 'x'.

move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

add '-2x' to each side of the equation.

-30 + 5x + -2x = 6 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 5x + -2x = 3x

-30 + 3x = 6 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 2x + -2x = 0

-30 + 3x = 6 + 0

-30 + 3x = 6

add '30' to each side of the equation.

-30 + 30 + 3x = 6 + 30

combine like terms: -30 + 30 = 0

0 + 3x = 6 + 30

3x = 6 + 30

combine like terms: 6 + 30 = 36

3x = 36

divide each side by '3'.

x = 12

simplifying

x = 12

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