SOLUTION: how do you find the length and width of a rectangle that area is 60 ft

Question 244893: how do you find the length and width of a rectangle that area is 60 ft

Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The simple answer: You can't.

Area of a rectangle is length times width. So any pair of positive numbers that multiply together and make 60 could be a possible length and width:
1 and 60
2 and 30
3 and 20
etc.
And these are just the integers that work. We could also have:
1/2 and 120
1/10 and 600
and
etc.

I suspect that you have left out part of the problem that would allow us to figure out a specific length and width. The missing part may be something like "The length is 11 more than the width" or "The perimeter is 64".
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