URGENT 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 Response area , where w is the width of the floor in feet, can be used to solve this problem. The width of the floor is Response area feet.

Width of the floor = 10 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Area of rectangular floor = 80 square feet

Width of rectangular floor = w

Length of rectangular floor = w - 2

Now,

Area = Length * Width

80 = w(w-2)

Factorizing the equation,

Either,

w+8 = 0

w = -8

Or,

w-10 = 0

w=10

As width cannot be negative,

width = 10 feet

Hence,

Width of the floor = 10 feet

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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