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16 March, 06:47

The area of a rectangle is 36 square feet. find the length and width if the length is 4 times the width

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  1. 16 March, 06:56
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    Yeah the length is 12
  2. 16 March, 07:14
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    Area of a rectangle = length x width

    length = 4 x width

    36 = width x (4 x width)

    36 = 4 x width^2

    36/4 = width^2

    9=width^2

    square root (9) = width

    width = 3

    36=length x width

    36 = length x 3

    36/3 = length

    length=12
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