Question

the length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 5m. if the width is increased by 1m and the length is decreased by 2m, the area of the new rectangle is 4 sq.m less than the area of the original rectangle. find the dimensions of the original rectangle?

Answer 1

let width of rectangle be x
then length will be x+5

according to question

(x+1)× (x+5-2) = 4