Question 616884
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Hi
The area of a rectangle field is 9,000 square meters.
if the ratio of the width{{{W}}} to the length{{{L}}} is 5 is to 8...
     {{{ W/L = 5/8}}} and W = 5L/8
 A = L*W = L(5L/8) = 5L^2/8 = 9000
                      L^2 = 9000(8/5)
                       L = 120ft     (throwing out the negative number for unit of measure)