SOLUTION: Suppose that the width of a certain rectangle is three-fourths of its length, and the area of thaat same rectangle is 108 square meters. Find the length and the width of the rectan

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Question 62888: Suppose that the width of a certain rectangle is three-fourths of its length, and the area of thaat same rectangle is 108 square meters. Find the length and the width of the rectangle.
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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W=3L/4 THEN
L*(3L/4)=108
3L^2/4=108
3L^2=432
L62=432/3
L^2=144
L=12 SOLUTION
W=3*12/4
W=36/4
W=9 SOLUTION
PROOF
12*9=108
108=108