SOLUTION: Find the length of a rectangle which is three time as much as its width and requires 1200 of 6 cm. square tiles for paving the area.

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Question 961091: Find the length of a rectangle which is three time as much as its width and requires 1200 of 6 cm. square tiles
for paving the area.

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the length of a rectangle be and the width
if the length is time as much as its width, then we have
....eq.1

if requires of square tiles ( is the area of each tile) for paving the area, then the area to cover is and that area should be equal to area of the rectangle





....eq.1




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