Question

PLEASE HELP!!!! Land is often measured in acres. An acre is​ 4,840 square yards. The Smith family bought a house built on a rectangular plot that is exactly 2 acres. The plot is 6729 yards long. How wide is the​ plot?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.4385 yards wide

Step-by-step explanation:

First we need to find the total area of the land by multiplying the 2 acres by the size of a single acre in yards...

2 * 4,840 = 9,680 square yards

Since we know that the area of a rectangle is length times width, and we are provided the length of the land. Then we simply need to divide the area of the land by the length provided to get the width of the land

9,680 / 6729 = 1.4385 yards wide