SOLUTION: You need to order carpet for a room that has a length that is twice its width. If the area of the room is 512, find the width of the room.
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Question 497074: You need to order carpet for a room that has a length that is twice its width. If the area of the room is 512, find the width of the room.
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
W = x
L = 2x
2x^2 = 512
x^2 = 256
x = 16 this is the width
2*16 = 32 this is the length
32 * 16 = 512.
This does check.
Cleomenius.
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