The area of a rectangular floor is 80 square feet. The length of the floor is 2 feet less than the width of the floor.
What is the width of the floor?
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The equation
floor is
8
10
40
feet.
78
, where w is the width of the floor in feet, can be used to solve this problem. The width of the
√78
√82
w²+2=80
w(w - 2) = 80
w²2=80
w(w + 2) = 80