Question

You are laying out a new retail store and need to arrange some displays. You know that the store is 8800 square feet in size, and that it is 110 ft wide. How deep ( from front to back) is the store? _feet

Answer 1

110x= 8800

`110x = 8800 \\`
x= 80 ft

Answer 2

80 feet

Explanation:

Given: The area of the store is 8800 square feet.

Width of the store is 110 feet.

To find: depth ( from front to back) is the store.

Solution: Area of the store is 8800 square feet.

We know that the floor of the store is rectangular in shape, and area of the rectangular field is length
`*` width.

It is given that width of the store is 110 feet.

`l* w=8800`

`l*110=8800`

`l=(8800)/(110)`

`l=80`

Hence, the store is 80 feet deep.