SOLUTION: Rectangle A is 4.5 times as long as it is wide. Rectangle B is 8 inches wider and 20 inches shorter. The rectangles have the same area. What is the width of Rectangle B?
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Question 300301: Rectangle A is 4.5 times as long as it is wide. Rectangle B is 8 inches wider and 20 inches shorter. The rectangles have the same area. What is the width of Rectangle B? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rectangle A is 4.5 times as long as it is wide. Rectangle B is 8 inches wider and 20 inches shorter. The rectangles have the same area. What is the width of Rectangle B?
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Rect A:
Let x = width
then
4.5x = length
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Rect B:
x+8 = width
4.5x-20 = length
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Since area is the same:
x(4.5x) = (x+8)(4.5x-20)
4.5x^2 = 4.5x^2-20x+36x-160
4.5x^2 = 4.5x^2+16x-160
0 = 16x-160
160 = 16x
10 inches = x
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Width of rectangle B:
x+8 = 10+8 = 18 inches
