a rectangular table is two times as long as its wide. if the area is 72, find the length and the width of the table

Question

a rectangular table is two times as long as its wide. if the area is 72, find the length and the width of the table

Answer 1

table is two times as long as its wide:

L = 2W

 

Area is 72:

L*W = 72

 

From here replace L with 2W in 2nd equation and

solve for W to get the width.

 

Once you have the width,

double that value to get the length