SOLUTION: please help me with this question: A rectangle of area 350 square feet is 14 times as wide as it is long. find its length and width.

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Question 335351: please help me with this question: A rectangle of area 350 square feet is 14 times as wide as it is long. find its length and width.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle is,

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Substitute into the area equation,



ft
Then from above,

ft

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