Question

The area of a rug is 36 square feet. The length of the rug is 5 feet longer than the width. What is the width of the rug?

Answer 1

width of the rug = 4 feet

Explanation:

let the width of the rug `= w`
length of the rug `= w+5`
area of the rug `wxx(w+5) = 36`
`4xx9 =36 => w=4, w+5=9`
`=> w = 4 feet`