SOLUTION: a rectangular plot has a length that is 60 meters less than the three times the width,what is the area of the plot?

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Question 972565: a rectangular plot has a length that is 60 meters less than the three times the width,what is the area of the plot?
Found 2 solutions by darsa007, macston:
Answer by darsa007(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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rectangular length =60
60÷3 = width
width = 20
area =w×l
area= 20×60
=1200 sm

Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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W=width; L=length=3W-60m; A=area
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A=LW Substitute for L
A=%283W-60%29%28W%29
A=3W%5E2-60W This is all we can tell about the area
from the information given.
We do know that W>20m, since if it were less,
the length would be negative, but that does not tell us any more
about the area.