Rectangle Side Length: Solve for X When Area = 64 cm² and AB = 4BC

Question

Given the rectangle ABCD

BC=X and the side AB is 4 times greater than the side BC:

The area of the rectangle is 64 cm².

Calculate the size of the side BC

S=64S=64S=64XXXAAABBBCCCDDD

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Calculate BC
00:03 The formula for calculating rectangle area is side(AB) multiplied by side(BC)
00:24 Let's substitute known values in the equation
00:31 According to the given data, side(AB) is 4 times larger than side(BC)
00:45 Let's substitute this value in the formula and solve for X
01:13 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

The area of the rectangle equals:

S=AB×BC S=AB\times BC

64=AB×X 64=AB\times X

Since it is given that side AB is 4 times larger than side BC

We can state that:

AB=4BC=4X AB=4BC=4X

Now let's substitute this information into the formula for calculating the area:

64=4x×x 64=4x\times x

64=4x2 64=4x^2

Let's divide both sides by 4:

16=x2 16=x^2

We'll take the square root and get:

4=x 4=x

In other words, BC equals 4

Answer

4