SOLUTION: I am having trouble with rectangles. I get the formula and how to find an area/perimeter of a rectangle, but questions like these just give me trouble "A rectangle park has an a

Question 854984: I am having trouble with rectangles. I get the formula and how to find an area/perimeter of a rectangle, but questions like these just give me trouble
"A rectangle park has an area of 6 square miles. The width of the property is 3/8 the length of the property. what is the width of the property?"
Can you Please explain to me how to do it step by step?
Please help me. Thank You
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, KMST:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangle park has an area of 6 square miles.
The width of the property is of 3/8 the length he property.
what is the width of the property?"
:
L = the length of the property
W = the width of the property
Area
L * W = 6
but it says," The width of the property is of 3/8 the length he property."
therefore
W = L
or
W = .375L
:
In the area equation, replace W with .375L
L * .375L = 6
.375L^2 = 6
L^2 =
L^2 = 16
L =
L = 4 mi is the length
then
.375(4) = 1.5 mi is the width
:
:
You can check this by finding the area with these dimensions
4 * 1.5 = 6 sq/mi
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= length of the park (in miles).
= width of the park (in miles).
The area of the park (in square miles is

Multiplying both sides of the equal sign times we get

and the width is .
The park is miles wide by miles long.

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