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Length of a rectangle is 4x²+12x and the area of the rectangle is 24x⁴+72x³, what is the width of the rectangle?

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User Maxam
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The width of rectangle is
6x^2

Solution:

Given that,


\text{Length of rectangle } = 4x^2+12x


\text{Area of rectangle } = 24x^4+72x^3

To find: width of rectangle

The area of rectangle is given by formula:


\text{Area of rectangle } = length * width

Therefore, width is given as:


width = \frac{\text{Area of rectangle}}{length}

Substituting the given values we get,


width = (24x^4+72x^3)/(4x^2+12x)

Factor out 24 and
x^3 from numerator


width = (24x^3(x+3))/(4x^2+12x)

Factor out 4 and x from denominator


width = (24x^3(x+3))/(4x(x+3))

Cancel the common terms in numerator and denominator


width = 6x^2

Thus the width of rectangle is
6x^2

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