Question

A seed company planted a floral mosaic of a national flag. The perimeter of the flag is 2,120 ft Determine the flag's width and length if the length is 400 ft greater than the width.

The flag's width is and the length is what?

PLEASE HURRY

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's assume that the width of the flag is "w" ft.

According to the problem, the length of the flag is 400 ft greater than the width, which means it can be expressed as:

length = w + 400

Now, we know that the perimeter of the flag is 2,120ft. The perimeter of a rectangle is given by:

perimeter = 2(length + width)

Substituting the values, we get:

2120 = 2[(w+400) + w]

2120 = 2[2w + 400]

2120 = 4w + 800

4w = 1320

w = 330

Hence, the width of the flag is 330ft.

From our equation for the length, we have:

length = w + 400

length = 330 + 400

length = 730

Therefore, the length of the flag is 730ft.