The area of a rectangle is 300 cm squared. what is the length and width if the ratio of length to width is 4:3?
1 Answer
L = 20 and W = 15
Explanation:
Let's review what is known about the rectangle in question - the area is 300 cm squared and the ratio of the Length to the Width (which I'll shorten to L and W) is 4:3.
Let's start with the ratio. We know that they are related to each other - 4 of a basic unit of length for L and 3 of that same basic unit of length for W. So we can say that
L =
We also know from the formula for the area of a rectangle that LW = Area of the rectangle. Substituting in the terms with the x's in them gives us
so let's solve for x:
Substituting x back into our equations for L and W, we get
L =
Checking our work - there is a ratio of L:W of 4:3. And LW =