document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108294>Question 108294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the area of a rectangular field is 12,750 square yards.  The width is 150 feet. What is the length of the field in feet. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #78908 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=78908\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need to work this problem all in one set of units.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since a square yard is 3 feet by 3 feet, a square yard contains 9 square feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if you multiply the 12,750 square yards of the field by 9 square feet per square yard,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you find that the field contains 12,750 * 9 = 114,750 square feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the area of the field is found by taking the product of its length (L) times its width (W)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L * W = Area<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But you know that the area is 114,750 square feet and the width of the field is 150 feet. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute these values into the equation and you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L * 150 = 114,750<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for L by dividing both sides by 150 to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 114,750/150 = 765 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the length of the field is 765 feet. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can check this by multiplying 765 feet by 150 feet then divide that product by 9 square feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "per square yard and see if the answer isn't the 12,750 square yards the problem said it should be.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you do the math you will find out that it is 12,750 square yards, so the answer of 765 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the length L is correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem.<BR>\n" );
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