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Arectangle has an area of 54 square feet. if the length is 3 feet more than the width, find the dimensions of the rectangle.

The tuition costs, c, for a local community college are modeled by c(h) = 250 + 200h, where h represents the number of credit hours taken. the local state university has tuition costs, s, modeled by the function s(h) = 300 + 180h. how many credit hours will a student have to take for the two tuition costs to be equal? round the answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.

Solve each quadratic equation by factoring and using the zero product property. x^2 - 8x + 30 = 3x