A new sidewalk path will be 2 feet wide. There is enough concrete to make the area 16 square feet. What will be the length of the sidewalk path?

Question

A new sidewalk path will be 2 feet wide. There is enough concrete to make the area 16 square feet. What will be the length of the sidewalk path?

Answer 1

Hi, Mike.

 

For this problem, the area is length * width.

 

So, 16 = length * 2.

 

Therefore, your length is 8.