Question

The length of a rectangle is five times the width.

The area of the rectangle is 1620cm squared.

Work out the width of the rectangle

Answer 1

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Let's use x for the width because we know the width is only 1. Next, we'll use 5x for the length because the length is 5 times the width. Now, we can set up an equation to solve for x.

WORK:
x * 5x = 1620
5x^2 = 1620
x^2 = 324
x = 18

ANSWER:
The width of the rectangle is 18 centimeters

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