document.write( "Question 616943: Please help. The area of a rectangular athletic field is represented by the expression -8y^9-32z^4+56x^2 square meters. Write an algebraic expression to represent one possible set of dimensions (in the sense “length times width”) of the athletic field. Include correct units with your solution. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #388054 by jsmallt9(3758) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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As you say, area of a rectangle is length times width. So we want to express the given area as the product of a length and width. So let's factor it:
\n" ); document.write( "Area = $\"-8y%5E9-32z%5E4%2B56x%5E2+=+8%28-y%5E9-4z%5E4%2B7x%5E2%29\"$

\n" ); document.write( "Since $\"-y%5E9-4z%5E4%2B7x%5E2\"$ seems bigger, let's call that the length, making the 8 the width. So the dimensions are
\n" ); document.write( "length = $\"-y%5E9-4z%5E4%2B7x%5E2\"$ meters
\n" ); document.write( "width = 8 meters \n" ); document.write( "

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