The area of the banner is 144 square feet. The width of the banner is 1/4 the length of the banner. What are the dimensions of the banner?

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Archit · Answer 1 · 2015-08-09T22:37:33+0000

Answer:

The width is 6 and the length is 24.

Explanation:

You need to create an equation using the area, because we know that the width is 1/4 of the length we can use x for both values:

x(4x)=144

4x^(2) =144

$x^(2) =36\\$

$x=6\\$

Then you can use this to find the width and the length.