Homework Help: geometry

Posted by ni on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 1:19pm.

the area of the rectangular playground enclosure at South School is 500 square meters. The length of the playground is 5 meters longer than the width. Find the dimensions of the playground, in meters.

geometry - bobpursley, Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 1:25pm
area=l*w=(w+500)w
500=w^2+500w
put it in standard form, solve. use the quadratic equation.
geometry - anthony, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 7:17pm
the length of a rectangle is 6m than width area is 55m2 what is dimensions of rectangle
geometry - anthony, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 7:19pm
the length of a rectangle is 6m than the width. the area is 55m2 what are the dimensions of the rectangle.
geometry - Anonymous, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 6:46pm
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