document.write( "Question 316549: Rectangle A has 6 times the area of rectangle B. The width of rectangle A is 1/5 the width of rectangle B. The height of rectangle A is 20 inches. What is the height of rectangle B? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #226655 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rectangle A has 6 times the area of rectangle B. The width of rectangle A is 1/5 the width of rectangle B. The height of rectangle A is 20 inches. What is the height of rectangle B?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let width of rectangle B be x \n" ); document.write( "-- \n" ); document.write( "width of rectangle A = x/5 \n" ); document.write( "height of rectangle A = 20 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle A = 4x \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle A = 6 times area of rectangle B \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle B = 2x/3 \n" ); document.write( "width of rectangle B = x \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "height of rectangle B = area / width \n" ); document.write( "2x /3 / x \n" ); document.write( "height of rectangle B=2/3 \n" ); document.write( " |