Question

A corn field has an area of 48,000 sq. ft. The width of the field is 600 feet.

Answer 1

SOLUTION

(a) The area of the field is given as 48,000 sq. ft and the width is 600 feet.

The field is in a shape of a rectangle. So area of the field is the same as the area of a rectangle

Area of a rectangle is given as

$\text{Area = length }\times\text{ width}$

So the equation as relates area to the length and width becomes

$\begin{gathered} \text{Area = length }\times\text{ width} \\ 48,000=l\times600 \\ 48,000=600l \end{gathered}$

Hence the equation is

$48,000=600l$

(b) The length of the field becomes

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