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Larry wants to buy some carpeting for his living room. The length of the room is 3 times the width and total area of the of the room is 27 square meters.

What is the length of the living room?

User Liljana
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it might thatv one nmv mabe im not sure tho
User Sudarshan Kumar
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width = x
length = 3x

area = 27
x (3x) = 27
3x² = 27
x² = 9
x = √9
x = 3

x = 3 m
3x = 3 x 3 = 9 m

The length of the room is 9m long

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