SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular carpet is 2 times its width the area of the carpet is 128 square feet. What is the length of the carpet?.
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Question 1034307: The length of a rectangular carpet is 2 times its width the area of the carpet is 128 square feet. What is the length of the carpet?.
Answer by Gogonati(855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lets the width of the carpet be x feet, then its length is 2x feet, since its area is 128 we write the equation:
solving this equation we get:
The width is 8 feet and the length is feet.
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