Question

The length of a rectangular parking lot at the airport is 2/3 mile. If the area is 1/2 square mile, what is the width of the parking lot? (Write fraction in a/b format with unit)

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is Length multiplied by Width

So plug the numbers in to find the width

1/2 = 2/3*W

Solve as follows:
1/2 divided by 2/3 =3/4 so,
W=3/4

The width of the parking lot is 3/4 of a mile
 

Answer 2

The area of the parking lot is the product of its dimension

The width of the parking lot is 3/4 mile

The given parameters are:

• Length = 2/3
• Area = 1/2

The area of the rectangular parking lot is calculated using:

$Area = Length \times Width$

So, we have:

$\frac 12= \frac 23 \times Width$

Multiply both sides by 3/2

$\frac 32 \times \frac 12= Width$

This gives

$\frac 34= Width$

Rewrite the above equation as

$Width = \frac 34$

Hence, the width of the parking lot is 3/4 mile

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