SOLUTION: a company is designing a rectangular stage to have an area of 900 ft sq2. The length must be 36ft. what would be the width?

Question 296987: a company is designing a rectangular stage to have an area of 900 ft sq2. The length must be 36ft. what would be the width?

Found 2 solutions by rpark91, rfer:
Answer by rpark91(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recall the area of a rectangle. The area is length x width. You are given the following pieces of information already:
You are given the area which is:
You are given the length which is:
You just need to find the width. Very simple.

1. Plug values into existing equation for the area of a rectangle.

(w = width)

2. Simplify

Your answer is 25! The width is 25 ft.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
900/36=25 ft
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