SOLUTION: Please help me solve this story problem. A rectangle table is four times as long as it is wide. If the area is 144ft^2, find the length and the width of the table. Thanks for t

Question 334781: Please help me solve this story problem.
A rectangle table is four times as long as it is wide. If the area is 144ft^2, find the length and the width of the table.
Thanks for the help :o)
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x
length = 4x
..
Area of rectangle = L*W
Area =144
4x^2=144
divide by 4
x^2=144/4
take aquare root of both sides

x=12/2
x= 6 ft. the width
.
length = 4x = 4*6=24 ft. the length
CHECK
6*24= 144 sq. ft

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