Question

One side of a rectangle is 4 ft longer than four times another side. The area of the rectangle is 440 ft?.

Find the length of the longer side.

Answer 1

One side is 87.2 The other side is 352.8

Explanation:

(4x+4)*x=440

5x+4=440

5x=436

x=87.2

(4(87.2)+4)=352.8