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Title: The area of a beautiful rectangular park is 100 square miles. What is the width, in feet, of the park when the length is 20 miles?
Main Category: Area and Perimeter of Square and Rectangles - Basic Math
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
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Question:
 

The area of a beautiful rectangular park is square miles.What is the width, in feet, of the park when the length is miles?


Solution:
 

       The area(S) of a rectangle can be calculated as

      

       where

       length of rectangle

       and width of rectangle

 

 

 

For this solution, the known variables are:





Since the area (S) is known, the side of a length can be calculated as-

Solve for by dividing both sides by :

Since the width is in miles, we need to convert miles to feet. We know that one mile is equal to feet, we will convert miles (width) to feet:

(Answer)

 
 
 
 
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