document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=534581>Question 534581</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangular parking lot is 4 times greater than the width. The area of the parking lot is 140 square yards. Find the length and width. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x represent the width and 4x will be the length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length times width gives us the area of a rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(4x)=140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2=140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 4:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=Sq rt 35 or approx 5.916 yards for the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length is 23.664 yards (approx)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ </SPAN>\n" );
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