Question

Molly is raising cows. She has a pasture for them that is 0.65 square miles in area. One dimension of the pasture is 0.4 miles long. What is the length of the other side of the pasture?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.625 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Molly is raising cows. She has a pasture for them that is 0.65 square miles in area. One dimension of the pasture is 0.4 miles long.

We have to find the length of the other side of the pasture.

Now, area if the pasture = product of it's two dimensions.

So, 0.65 = 0.4L

⇒ L = 1.625 miles. (Answer)