A rectangular playing field is 70 yards long. Its area is 3710 square yards. Find the width of the field.

Question

A rectangular playing field is

7070

yards long. Its area is

3,710

square yards. Find the width of the field.

Answer 1

I assume that the 70 yards is correct for the length (not 7070).

Then recall that the area of a rectangle is determined by:

Area = length * width

A = l * w

Since the area is 3710 and the length is 70, we can substitute these numbers in the equation for area and solve for the width:

3710 = 70 * w

Divide both sides of the equation by 70 to find w:

3710 = 70 * w

70 70

53 yards = w

The width will be 53 yards.