The roof of an apartment building is rectangular and its length is 4 times longer than its width. If the area of the roof is 1024 feet squared, what is the difference between the length and the width of the roof?  Pick one.
A) 38. B) 40. C) 42. D) 48. E) 46.
Let the width= x   x*4x=1024   x^2= 256   x= 16   Length= 4*16= 
<gadget id="calculator">4*16</gadget>
<output>64</output>
64   difference= 64-16= 
<gadget id="calculator">64-16</gadget>
<output>48</output>
48   48. is the answer
<result>D</result>
The roof of an apartment building is rectangular and its length is 4 times longer than its width. If the area of the roof is 1024 feet squared, what is the difference between the length and the width of the roof?