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Find the area of the rectangle.
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Question 1079663: A square and a rectangle have the same width. The length of the rectangle is 4 times it's width. The sum of the two areas is 44m^2.
Find the area of the rectangle. Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let w be the width of the square and the rectangle. Then the rectangles length is 4w. So:
w(4w)+w(w)=44
5w²=44
w=√(44/5)
The length of the rectangle is 4√(44/5)~11.87 meters. ☺☺☺☺
