SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular carpet is 2 times its width the area of the carpet is 128 square feet. What is the length of the carpet?.

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Question 1034307: The length of a rectangular carpet is 2 times its width the area of the carpet is 128 square feet. What is the length of the carpet?.
Answer by Gogonati(855) About Me  (Show Source):
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Lets the width of the carpet be x feet, then its length is 2x feet, since its area is 128 we write the equation:
2x%2Ax=128 solving this equation we get:
2x%5E2=128%7D%7D+Divide+by+two%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Bx%5E2=64
x=8
The width is 8 feet and the length is 2%2A8=16 feet.