SOLUTION: 1. The length of a rectangle is three times the width. The area is 108in^2. Find the length and the width.
is six. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty-six. Find
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Question 168592: 1. The length of a rectangle is three times the width. The area is 108in^2. Find the length and the width.
is six. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty-six. Find the two numbers.2. The sum of two numbers
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1. The length of a rectangle is three times the width. The area is 108in^2. Find the length and the width.
The formula for area of a rectangle is:
Plug in the values you already know:
Start by dividing both sides by 3:
Now find the square root of both sides:
To find the length, multiply the width by 3.
Multiply:
So, your width is 6, and your length is 18.
2. The sum of two numbers is six. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is twenty-six. Find the two numbers.
Your two numbers would be 5 and 1.
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