SOLUTION: A table is rectangular and its length is twice its width. Find the dimensions of the table if it occupies 50 ft2 of floor space.
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Question 1197207: A table is rectangular and its length is twice its width. Find the dimensions of the table if it occupies 50 ft2 of floor space.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the length be and the width
if the length is twice its width, we have
.......eq.1
if the table occupies of floor space, then
..........eq.2
substitute from eq.1
go to
.......eq.1, substitute
answer:
the table is by
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