3 years ago

A rectangle is twice as wide as it is long. if the area is 1682 square meters, what are the dimensions of the rectangle?

Mathematics

1 answer:

emmasim [6.3K]3 years ago

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length = x

width = 2x

x(2x) = 1682

2x^2 = 1682

x^2 = 841

x = sqrt(841) = 29

length = 29 meters

width = 29 x 2 = 58 meters

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