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The area of a rectangle is 128 square feet. It's height is twice the base, find the height and length of the base.

Guest Sep 17, 2013

Guest · Answer 1 · 2013-09-18T04:38:29

height = base * 2
area = height * base =
h * b =
(2b) *b =
2b^2 = 128
so b^2=128/2 = 64 so b = 8
h = 2b = 2*8 = 16
so base = 8 height = 16