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The length of a rectangle is 5 meters more than twice the width, and the area of a rectangle is 42 square meters. Find the length and width of the rectangle.

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width --- x
length ---- 2x+5

x(2x+5) = 42
2x^2 + 5x - 42 = 0

solve for x

hint: it factors

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