document.write( "Question 373950: The area of a square with side 6 cm is one-sixth of the area of a rectangle whose length is six times its breadth. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #266139 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Side of square = 6 cm \n" ); document.write( "area = 6*6 = 36 cm^2 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "this is 1/6 of rectangle area \n" ); document.write( "rectangle area = 6 times area of square \n" ); document.write( "36*6 = 216 cm^2 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle = L*W \n" ); document.write( "let width be x cm \n" ); document.write( "length = 6x \n" ); document.write( "6x*x = 216 \n" ); document.write( "6x^2= 216 \n" ); document.write( "/6 \n" ); document.write( "x^2= 216/6 \n" ); document.write( "x^2=36 \n" ); document.write( "take the square root \n" ); document.write( "x = 6 cm \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |