The width of a rectangle is the length minus 6 units. The area of the rectangle is 27 units. The area of the rectangle is 27 units. What is the length, in units, of the rectangle?

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Allison Washington

25 July, 18:28

The width of a rectangle is the length minus 6 units. The area of the rectangle is 27 units. The area of the rectangle is 27 units. What is the length, in units, of the rectangle?

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Mina Munoz · Answer 1

The length is 9 units.

Step-by-step explanation:

x will be our length so we get:

x * (x-6) = 27

You can just try the factors of 27 as x.

Let's guess x is 9

9 * (9-6) = 27

9*3=27

Which is true, so the length must be 9 and the width must be 6.