SOLUTION: A rectangle with an area of 124 cm2 has a length that is 4 times the width. What is the width? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.) Your answer: 5.6 cm 11.1 cm

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Question 854585: A rectangle with an area of 124 cm2 has a length that is 4 times the width. What is the width? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
Your answer:

5.6 cm

11.1 cm

22.3 cm

44.5 cm

Found 2 solutions by chndnbl, MathTherapy:
Answer by chndnbl(31) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area of rectangular=length*breadth
let width be x.
Length=4x
then,
124=x * 4x
124=4 x^2
x^2 = 124/4
x^2 =31
x =square root of 31
x=5.5 cm
length= 4 * 5.5=22 cm

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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A rectangle with an area of 124 cm2 has a length that is 4 times the width. What is the width? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
Your answer:

5.6 cm

11.1 cm

22.3 cm

44.5 cm

Width: 5.567764363 ≈ highlight_green%285.6%29 cm
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