Question

The width and length of a rectangle (in feet)are consecutive odd integers. If the length is increased by 5 feet, the area of the resulting rectangle is 60 square feet. What is the area of the original rectangle?

Answer 1

if we take the area of 60 and divide it by the 5 extra feet, we get 12. now we need to find two consecutive odd numbers who sum is 12.

5 and 7 (this is the original rectangle)