Question

A rectangular parking lot has an area of 2/3 square miles. The length of the parking lot is 1/6 of a mile. What is the width, in miles, of the parking lot ?

Answer 1

Answer

Width of the parking lot = 4 miles

Explanation

The area of a rectangle is given as

Area = L × W

where

L = Length of the rectangle = (1/6) mile

W = Width of the rectangle = ?

Area = (2/3) square miles

Area = L × W

(2/3) = (1/6) × W

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{3}=\frac{1}{6}\times W \\ \frac{2}{3}=\frac{W}{6} \\ \text{Cross multiply} \end{gathered}$

3W = (2)(6)

3W = 12

Divide both sides by 3

(3W/3) = (12/3)

W = 4 miles

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