The area of a rectangular piece of a board is 288 cm2. If the width is twice the length, what is the width of the board?
26 cm
Let the length = x
∴ breadth = 2x
Area of a rectangle = length × breadth
∴ 288 = x×2x
⇒288= 2x2
⇒144 = x2
⇒ x = 12
⇒ breadth = 2×12 = 24 cm