A rectangular region has a fence along three sides and a wall along the fourth side. The fenced side opposite the wall is twice the length of each of the other two fenced sides. If the area of the rectangular region is 128 square feet, what is the total length of the fence, in feet?
Answer: 32
Geometry
This topic has expert replies
-
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 752
- Joined: Sun May 17, 2009 11:04 pm
- Location: Tokyo
- Thanked: 81 times
- GMAT Score:680
area=2x^2=128
x=8
so length of fence=x+x+2x=32
x=8
so length of fence=x+x+2x=32
- Attachments
-
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!