Homework Help: gr10 math

Posted by Rebecca on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 1:39pm.

The area of the front cover of a daily journal is 273cm^2. , and the length is 8cm greater than the width. What are the dimensions of the cover?

gr10 math - PsyDAG, Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 2:46am
Let x = width, then the length = x +8

x(x+8) = 273

x^2 + 8x - 273 = 0

Factor and solve for x.

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