SOLUTION: I have been working on this and can't seem to get the answer can you help? A rectangular table is four times as long as it is wide. The area of the table is 100ft^2. I can only get

Question 317459: I have been working on this and can't seem to get the answer can you help? A rectangular table is four times as long as it is wide. The area of the table is 100ft^2. I can only get so far with it and keep getting the answer wrong. Can you show me how to do it so I can see where I am messing up.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, JBarnum:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle is,
1.
"Four times long as wide"
2.
Substitute eq.2 in eq. 1,

Solve for W, then go back and solve for L using either equation.
Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LW=A
A=100
L=4W

and
and
cant be negative

Check

correct
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