SOLUTION: Farmer Tariq's rectangular field is 40 meters long. If the area of the field is 1,000 square meters, how wide, in meters, is the field?

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Question 345386: Farmer Tariq's rectangular field is 40 meters long. If the area of the field is 1,000 square meters, how wide, in meters, is the field?
Answer by haileytucki(390) About Me  (Show Source):
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L*W=area
40*x=1000
Multiply 40 by x to get 40x.
40x=1000
Divide each term in the equation by 40.
(40x)/(40)=(1000)/(40)
Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.
x=(1000)/(40)
Simplify the right-hand side of the equation by simplifying each term.
x=25 meters