Asked by Alyssa



The length of the smaller rectangle at the right is 1 inch less than twice its width. Both the dimensions of the larger rectangle are 2 inches longer than the smaller rectangle. The area of the shaded region is 86 square inches. What is the area of the larger rectangle?
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Answered by Alyssa
The length of the smaller rectangle at the right is 1 inch less than twice its width. Both the dimensions of the larger rectangle are 2 inches longer than the smaller rectangle. The area of the shaded region is 86 square inches. What are the dimensions of the smaller rectangle?
Answered by bobpursley
What shaded region?
Answered by Reiny
I will assume that the smaller rectangle is inside the larger, and the "shaded" region is the difference in their areas, so ...

(2x+1)(x+2) - (2x-1)(x) = 86
2x^2 + 5x + 2 - 2x^2 + x - 86 = 0
6x = 84
x = 14
the smaller is 14 by 27
Answered by KYLEE
14 by 27
Answered by Nacho
2+2=4
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