SOLUTION: I'm kind of confused by this: A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide, and it has an area of 20 square meters. None of the factors of twenty fit the description and I've tried

 

Hi,

Let x represent the width

Question states***

 

 2x^2-20 = 0

 x^2 = 10      (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)

  x = sqrt(10)

CHECKING our answer***

 20 = 20

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