The area of a rectangle is 36 square feet. find the length and width if the length is 4 times the width

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Kamari Brock

21 October, 05:10

The area of a rectangle is 36 square feet. find the length and width if the length is 4 times the width

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Jazmyn Stone · Answer 1

Yeah the length is 12

Jovani · Answer 2

Area of a rectangle = length x width

length = 4 x width

36 = width x (4 x width)

36 = 4 x width^2

36/4 = width^2

9=width^2

square root (9) = width

width = 3

36=length x width

36 = length x 3

36/3 = length

length=12