SOLUTION: A square plot of land which has a building 60 ft long and 40 ft wide at one corner. The rest of the land outside the building forms a parking lot. If the parking lot has area 12000

Question 1186651: A square plot of land which has a building 60 ft long and 40 ft wide at one corner. The rest of the land outside the building forms a parking lot. If the parking lot has area 12000 ft^2, what are the dimensions of the entire plot of land?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the side length of the whole square plot of land

, the area of the whole plot

, the area of just the parking lot

, parking lot area was given.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The plot of land is square with side length x; the plot consists of a 60x40 foot building and a parking lot of 12,000 square feet:

ANSWER: the plot of land is 120 feet by 120 feet.

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