SOLUTION: If jake is going to run a 1000 meters in a rectangular gym, he must run the length 25 times or run the perimeter 10 times. What is the area of the gym in square meters.

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Question 1107520: If jake is going to run a 1000 meters in a rectangular gym, he must run the length 25 times or run the perimeter 10 times. What is the area of the gym in square meters.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) About Me  (Show Source):
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L length
25L=1000
L=1000%2F25
L=10%28100%2F25%29
L=10%2A4
highlight_green%28L=40%29


",... or run the perimeter, 10 times."
w, width
10%282%2A40%2B2%2Aw%29=1000
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80%2B2w=100
40%2Bw=50
highlight_green%28w=10%29

Gym area,
40m%2A10m=highlight%28400%2Am%5E2%29