SOLUTION: A park is 3 times as long as it is wide. If the distance around the park is 8.8 kilometers, what is the area of the park?
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Question 1132022: A park is 3 times as long as it is wide. If the distance around the park is 8.8 kilometers, what is the area of the park?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the width
= the length
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The formula for perimeter, P, is:
km
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The formula for area, A, is:
km^2
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If you want answer is square meters,
1000 m = 1 km
10^6 m = 1 km2
[ meters ] = [ meters / km ] * [ km ]
3,630,000 m2
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