Problema Solution

One side of a rectangle is 4 times bigger then the other side, and the area of a rectangle is 52 1/4, what are the sides of the rectangle?

Answer provided by our tutors

area of rectangle =52 1/4 = 109/4

let side be x

other side will be 4x 

so

4x2= 109/4

x2= 109/16

x=2.61

other side = 10.44