You are planning on retiling your bathroom floor and buy 96 square feet of tile. If the length of the bathroom is
one and a half times the width, what is the width?
4 feet
8 feet
10 feet
12 feet

Respuesta :

Answer:

8 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that 96 sq. feet of tile is bought to retile the bathroom.

It means area of bathroom is 9[tex]3/2 x^2 = 96\\=> 3 x^2 = 96*2=192\\=> x^2 = 192/3 = 64\\=>\sqrt{x^2} = \sqrt{64} \\=> x = 8[/tex]6 sq. feet

Width of bathroom be x

Given that the length of the bathroom is  one and a half times the width

Length of bathroom in term sod width = 1 1/2* x = 3/2 x

we know area of rectangle is given by length * width

therefore area of bathroom =( x* 3/2 x) = 3/2 x^2

Also area of  bathroom is 86 sq. feet, therefore

[tex]3/2 x^2 = 96\\=> 3 x^2 = 96*2=192\\=> x^2 = 192/3 = 64\\=>\sqrt{x^2} = \sqrt{64} \\=> x = 8[/tex]

Thus, width of bathroom is 8 feet.