A rectangular table is six times as long as it is wide. If the area is #150# #ft^2#, what is the length and the width of the table?
1 Answer
Apr 2, 2018
The table is
Explanation:
Let's call the width of the table
We know that the area of a rectangle is width times height, so the area of the table expressed in
We also knew that the area was
Since lengths cannot be negative, we discard the negative solution, giving us that the width is equal to