SOLUTION: A rectangle of area 360 square yards is 10 times as long as it is wide. What is the length and width?
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Question 491923: A rectangle of area 360 square yards is 10 times as long as it is wide. What is the length and width?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, lwsshak3:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area = L*W
Let width be x
360= 10x*x
10x^2=360
x^2= 36
x= 6
width = 6
length = 60
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangle of area 360 square yards is 10 times as long as it is wide. What is the length and width?
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let x= width of rectangle
10x= length of rectangle
Area=length*width=360
x*10x=360
10x^2=360
x^2=36
x=±√36
x=6
or
x=-6 (reject, width>0)
length=10x=60 yds
ans:
width=6 yds
length=60 yds
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