ANSWER QUICKLY PLEASE. WILL BE AWARDED BRAINLIEST ANSWERThe area of the base of a rectangular desk telephone is 754 square centimeters. The length of the rectangular telephone is 3 centimeters longer than its width.(a) What are the length and width, in centimeters, of the desk telephone?(b) What are the length and width, in millimeters, of the desk telephone
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Area is found by multiplying the length by the width. Let X = width.The length is x +3 ( 3 cm longer than the width).Now you have area = x * x+3Area is given as 754 square cm.754 = x * x+3Simplify:754 = x^2 +3xSubtract 754 from both sides:x^2 +3x - 754 = 0Factor:(x -26) (x+29)Solve for x:x = 26 and -29. Since the dimension cannot be negative, x = 26.The width = 26 cm.The length = 26 +3 = 29 cm.Multiply each dimension by 100 to get millimeters: Width = 260 mmLength = 290 mm