SOLUTION: find the length of the road. if the road is 50ft wide, what is it's area? assume that the road is a rectangle.

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Question 610798: find the length of the road. if the road is 50ft wide, what is it's area? assume that the road is a rectangle.
Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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Information is missing. Cannot find the area without the length, and cannot find the length without the area.


If the road is 1 mile long, given a mile is 5280 feet, then the area of the 50 ft wide road is 50*5280 = 264000 square feet. Area of a rectangle is LxW.


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