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what are the measurements of a rectangle with a area of 380 and ratio of 5:19

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a rectangle has a area of 380 meters what are the meaurements of the length and with if the ratio of the length and width are 5:19.

asked Mar 4, 2014 in GEOMETRY by payton Apprentice

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Given that : 

Area of the rectangle is image ---------->(1)

Ratio of the length and width is  image

image

Multiply b to each side

image

Cancel common terms

image

Substitute the value image in (1)

image

image

image

Substitute the value image in image

image

image

So the measurements of the rectangle length and width is 10 m and 38 m.

answered Mar 4, 2014 by dozey Mentor

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