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The breadth and length of a rectangle are in the ratio 4:5 and its area is 32 sqm. What are the length and breadth?
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The breadth and length of a rectangle are in the ratio 4:5 and its area is
32 sqm. What are the length and breadth?
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Explanation:
So the ratio 4:5 relates the length and breadth
Now the length is always longer that the breadth so 5 represents the length and 4 the breadth
A ratio can be written as a fraction so
Let
mean length and
breadth, so the ratio
So if
then multiply both sides by
and you get
Now the equation for area is
or
Since our breadth
equals
then we substitute for the breadth
So
so
We know the Area is
so
so we simplify
Now we find the breadth, since
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