Question

Dylan plants grass in rectangular space behind the clubhouse. The are of the space is 70 feet. If the length of the space is 14 feet, what is the width of the space?

Answer 1

area of a rectangle is equal to length × width

your given area is 70 feet and your given length is 14 feet

so, substitute your values into the formula

70 feet = 14 feet × width

width = 70 feet ÷ 14 feet

width = 5 feet

Answer 2

You are trying to find out the width of the space. So what you want to do is since you know the area like the other person who answered this question, you can set it up as 70= 14 times x? X is the variable and in which case x is the width you are trying to figure out. You can figure it out this way by trying to figure out what x is in this problem. Or you can set it up as 70 divided by 14, since you know the area and you also know the length. Either way you setup  the problem is fine, you choose, they will still give the same answer. So the width is 5 feet. c; I hope this helps, have a good day. c;