document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=345386>Question 345386</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Farmer Tariq's rectangular field is 40 meters long. If the area of the field is 1,000 square meters, how wide, in meters, is the field? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #246988 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=haileytucki><B>haileytucki(390)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=haileytucki><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=haileytucki><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=246988\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> L*W=area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40*x=1000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply 40 by x to get 40x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40x=1000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each term in the equation by 40.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(40x)/(40)=(1000)/(40)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(1000)/(40)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the right-hand side of the equation by simplifying each term.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25 meters </SPAN>\n" );
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