SOLUTION: A square plot of land has a building 40 ft long and 20 ft wide at one corner. The rest of the land outside the building forms a parking lot. If the parking lot has area 18,800 ft2,

Question 1132803: A square plot of land has a building 40 ft long and 20 ft wide at one corner. The rest of the land outside the building forms a parking lot. If the parking lot has area 18,800 ft2, what are the dimensions of the entire plot of land?
Answer by ikleyn(52785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The entire area of the square is  18800 + 40*20 = 19600 ft^2.


Hence, the dimensions of this square plot of land are   = 140 feet in each direction.

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