SOLUTION: A rectangular flower bed is to be twice as long as its width. if the area enclosed must be greater than 98m square , what can you conclude about the width of the flower bed?

Question 882828: A rectangular flower bed is to be twice as long as its width. if the area enclosed must be greater than 98m square , what can you conclude about the width of the flower bed?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x for width, 2x for length.
Area enclosed, .

Area must be more than 98 square meters.

The width must be at least 7 meters and length must be more than 14 meters;
OR
The width must be more than 7 meters and length must be at least 14 meters.
Also
Another choice acceptable,
Both width be more than 7 AND length be more than 14 meters.
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