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Elijah is building a deck. He has enough wood to build a 35 ft2 deck. Elijah wantsthe deck to be 2 ft longer than it is wide. He sets up the following equations tohelp him determine the dimensions of the deck.x(x+2) = 35x+2x-35 = 0where x is the width of the deck in feet.How wide should Elijah make his deck? To solve for x, first factor theleft side of the equation. Note: The width of the deck must be positive.Ignore negative values for x.x = 7 feetx = 3 feetx = 5 feetx = 6 feet

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