Question 498228
The length of a rectangle is 5 times the width and its area is 180 square units. What is the length of the rectangle?
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Let w = width
then
5w = length
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w(5w) = 180
5w^2 = 180
w^2 = 36
w = 6 units (width)
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Length:
5w = 5(6) = 30 units