SOLUTION: a garden plot is to contain 200 square feet. If its length is to be twice its width, what should its dimensions be?

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Question 373600: a garden plot is to contain 200 square feet. If its length is to be twice its width, what should its dimensions be?
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area = 200 ft^2
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width be x
length = 2x
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Area = 2x*x
2x^2= 200
/2
x^2=100
take square root
x= 10 the with.
length = 2x = 20 feet
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20 feet by 10 feet
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