SOLUTION: a retired public school teacher wanted to build a house with a floor area of 200 sq.m. if the length is to be twice ist width, what should the dimensions be?
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Question 852856: a retired public school teacher wanted to build a house with a floor area of 200 sq.m. if the length is to be twice ist width, what should the dimensions be? Answer by ramkikk66(644) (Show Source):
a retired public school teacher wanted to build a house with a floor area of 200 sq.m. if the length is to be twice ist width, what should the dimensions be?
Ans:
Let the width be x
Then the length is 2*x
Area = length * width =
So or taking only the positive square root.
Therefore, width is 10m and length is 20m. Area = 20*10 = 200 sq.m. Check!
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