The width of a rectangle is 7 inches less than its length. the area of the rectangle is 120 square inches. solve for the dimensions of the rectangle.

length: a0 inches

width: inches

Length is 15 inches

Width is 8 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

A = L*W

the Width = L-7

120 = L (L-7)

120 = L^2-7L

subtract 120 from each side

0 = L^2 - 7L - 120

(L-15) (L +8 )

so L = 15  inches

and W = 15-7 = 8 inches

check your does 15*8 = 120? yes!

3. parallelogram

step-by-step explanation:

we turn each of our sides into direction vectors

ab=b-a=(3 - 7, 1 - 0) = (-4, 1)

bc=c-b=(1,6)

cd=d-c=(4,-1)

da=a-d=(-1,-6)

we see how the opposite sides have negated direction vectors; this is characteristic of a parallelogram.   we have congruent sides ab=cd and bc=da with unequal lengths because 1^2+6^2 is different from (-4)^2+1^2.   so it's not a square or a rhombus.  

we check the dot product of direction vectors of adjacent sides.   we have

ab dot bc = -4(1) + 1(6) = 2

that's not zero so the sides are not perpendicular.   we've ruled out rectangle.

the direction vectors indicate two pairs of congruent parallel sides, so we choose parallelogram over trapezoid.

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