Question

A certain rectangular tarp covers 200 square meters. Its width is 20

meters. How long is the tarp?

Answer 1

10 meters

Explanation:

You want the length of a 200 square meter tarp that has a width of 20 meters.

Area

The area of a rectangle is given by ...

A = LW

Application

Filling in known values, we have ...

200 m² = L · (20 m)

L = (200 m²)/(20 m) = 10 m . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of L

The tarp is 10 meters long.

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