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a rectangular playing field is 80 yd long and has an area of 4400 yd squared. find the width of the field

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User Atikot
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The answer is 55 yd.


You can find this by dividing the area, 4400 yd^2, by the length, 80 yd, which gets you 55 yd.

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User Luca Trazzi
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Sure, I can help with that. The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying its length by its width. We can use this formula to find the width of the field.

We know the length of the rectangle is 80 yards and the area is 4400 square yards.

So let's denote:
L - length of the rectangle,
W - width of the rectangle,
A - area of the rectangle.

Given:
L = 80 yd,
A = 4400 yd^2.

We need to find the W, width of the rectangle.

From the formula of the rectangle area we know that:
L * W = A.
Substitute the given values into the equation:
80 yd * W = 4400 yd^2.

Now, let's isolate W in the equation. We do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 80 yd:
W = 4400 yd^2 / 80 yd = 55 yd.

So, the width of the rectangular field is 55 yards.

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