Question

The width of a rectangle is half as long as the length the rectangle has an area of 18 square feet. what is the length and width of the rectangle?

Answer 1

The width will equal 3

Answer 2

width: x/2, Length:x

18=x(x/2), 18=x^2/2, 36 = x^2, x= -6,6 Use the positive value of 6 for x. the width will be 6/2=3.