The length of the top of a table is 3 m greater than the width. the area is 70 m^2. find the dimensions of the table.

Let's call the width . Since the length is three more than the width, it is .

The area (which we know to be 70) is given by the multiplication of width and length:

To solve this equation, you can use the usual quadratic formula: given an equation , the two solutions are

which in your case becomes

So, two solutions are

Since we can't accept a negative length, we only accept the second solution.

So, the dimensions are 7 and 10

they can both be solutions depends on the equation

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what is the equation? ?