SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The area is 512 yd^2. Find the length and the width. The length is how many yards? The width is how many yards?

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Question 328177: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The area is 512 yd^2. Find the length and the width. The length is how many yards? The width is how many yards?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Length = 2x
Width = x
Area = 512
Here is your equation and you can finish.
512 = (2x)(x)