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Louis wants to carpet the rectangular floor of his basement. The basement has an area of 363 square feet. The width of the basement is 1 3 its length. What is the length of Louis's basement? The length is feet.

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Answer:

the length is 33 feet

Explanation:

The computation of the length is shown below:

Let us assume the length be x

So the width be 1 by 3 x

And the area is 363 square feet

So

As we know that

Area = length × width

363 = x × 1 ÷ 3 x

363 = 1 ÷ 3x^2

Now

363 × 3 = x^2

1089 = x^2

x = 33 feet

hence, the length is 33 feet

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