Question

Oscar built a rectangular tool shed that is 9 feet wide and an area of 153 ft? What is the length of the shed?

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is given by:

`A=lw`

where l is the length and w is the width. In this case we know that the area is 153 square ft and the width is 9 ft, plugging these values and solving for l we have:

`\begin{gathered} 9l=153 \\ l=(153)/(9) \\ l=17 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the length of the shed is 17 ft.