SOLUTION: Width of a Pasture A pasture is twice as long as it is wide. Its area is 800 m square ? . How wide is the pasture?

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Question 1188983: Width of a Pasture A pasture is twice as long as it is wide. Its area is 800 m square ? . How wide is the pasture?
Answer by VFBundy(438) About Me  (Show Source):
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Length = L
Width = 2L

L(2L) = 800

2L² = 800

L² = 400

L = 20

Length = L = 20
Width = 2L = 2(20) = 40