SOLUTION: the length of a rectangle is four times its width, the area is 144 yards squared what is the perimiter?
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Question 532492: the length of a rectangle is four times its width, the area is 144 yards squared what is the perimiter?
Answer by jkrsmsc76(5) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L = 4W (the length is 4 times the width
so
Since the Area is 144
or
Divide both sides by 4 to get
Take the square root of both sides to get . Since it is a length, we don't need the negative, so
If and the length is 4 times the width, .
We now know the width is 6 and the length is 24, so we can find the perimeter, using the perimeter formula:
So
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