SOLUTION: 1. Determine the sides of a rectangle if they are in the ratio of 2 is to 5, and it's area is equal to 90 centimeter squared.
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Question 738679: 1. Determine the sides of a rectangle if they are in the ratio of 2 is to 5, and it's area is equal to 90 centimeter squared. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the constant of proportionality between the measure of the length and width of the rectangle. Then the width can be represented as and the length can be represented as . Since the area is the product of the length and the width,
Solve for (discarding the extraneous negative root), then calculate and
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