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Room is 360 square feet. The width is 5/8 the length. What is the length

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Since you are given the width of 5/8 of the length, I will assume that the figure is a rectangle. Let us represent W as the width and L as the length. So we have W = 5/8L. then we are also given the area of the rectangle at 360 square feet. The area of the rectangle is represented by the formula A = LxW.

A = LxW
360 square feet = L(5/8L)
L^2 = 576 square feet
L = 24 feet
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