two garden plots are to have the same area. 9ne is a square and one is rectangular. the rectangular plot is 4 meters wide and 16 meters long. how large is one side of the square garden plot in meters?

Answer 1

8 meters for the sides of the square

rectangle is 4 by 16 = 64 m^2 = area = area of the square

each side of the square = sqr(64) = 8 meters.

Answer 2

The area of the rectangle is length * width = 16 * 4 = 64 square meters.

The area of the square is the length of one side squared. Let s be the length of that side. Area = s^2.

From the problem, the square and rectangle have the same area, so s^2 = 64 square meters and s = 8 meters.