SOLUTION: a rectangular plot has a length that is 60 meters less than the three times the width,what is the area of the plot?

Question 972565: a rectangular plot has a length that is 60 meters less than the three times the width,what is the area of the plot?

Found 2 solutions by darsa007, macston:
Answer by darsa007(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

rectangular length =60
60�3 = width
width = 20
area =w�l
area= 20�60
=1200 sm
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
W=width; L=length=3W-60m; A=area
.
Substitute for L

This is all we can tell about the area
from the information given.
We do know that W>20m, since if it were less,
the length would be negative, but that does not tell us any more
about the area.

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