The length of a rectangle is the sum of the width and 1. The area of the rectangle is 20 units. What is the width, in units, of the rectangle?

4 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Create an equation where w is the width of the rectangle

Use the area formula, A = lw.

Since the length is the sum of the width and 1, it can be represented by w + 1

Plug in this and the area into the formula, and solve for w

A = lw

20 = (w + 1)(w)

20 = w² + w

w² + w - 20

(w + 5)(w - 4)

Solve for w:

w + 5 = 0

w = -5

w - 4 = 0

w = 4

Since the width cannot be negative, the answer must be 4.

So, the width of the rectangle is 4 units.

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step-by-step explanation:

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graphically?   well, you graph them both, the solutions is where they both intersect each other, since there are two solutions, meaning they will meet twice, or namely the linear will run into the quadratic curve twice, and where they meet, those x,y coordinates are the solutions to the system.