Question 438801: The area of a rectangle is 240 sq in. The length is twice the width. What is the area of the rectangle? Found 2 solutions by nerdybill, rwm:Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of a rectangle is 240 sq in. The length is twice the width. What is the area of the rectangle?
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The problem already gives you the area as 240 sq in.
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Unless you were looking for the dimensions:
Let w = width
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2w = length
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w(2w) = 240
2w^2 = 240
w^2 = 120
w = 10.95 inches (width)
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length:
2w = 2(10.95) = 21.9 inches
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