Question

The area of Desert A is five times the area of Desert B. If the sum of their area is 1,800,000 square miles, fine the area of each desert

Answer 1

Given:

There are given that the sum of their area is 1,800,000 square miles.

Explanation:

Let a is the area of desert B.

So,

The area of desert A is:

$5a$

According to the question:

The sum of the area is 1800000.

So,

$\begin{gathered} a+5a=1,800,000 \\ 6a=1800000 \\ a=\frac{1800000}{6} \\ a=300,000 \end{gathered}$

Final answer:

Hence, the area of each desert is shown below:

The area of desert A is:

$300000square\text{ miles}$

And,

The area of desert B is;

$\begin{gathered} 5a=5\times300000 \\ =1500000 \end{gathered}$