The length of a rectangular parking lot at the airport is 2/3 mile. If the area is 1/2 square mile, what is the width of the parking lot? (Write fraction in a/b format with unit)

The area of a rectangle is Length multiplied by Width

So plug the numbers in to find the width

1/2 = 2/3*W

Solve as follows:
1/2 divided by 2/3 =3/4 so,
W=3/4

The width of the parking lot is 3/4 of a mile

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MrRoyal MrRoyal · Answer 2 · 2022-01-04T10:51:03+01:00

The area of the parking lot is the product of its dimension

The width of the parking lot is 3/4 mile

The given parameters are:

Length = 2/3
Area = 1/2

The area of the rectangular parking lot is calculated using:

[tex]Area = Length \times Width[/tex]

So, we have:

[tex]\frac 12= \frac 23 \times Width[/tex]

Multiply both sides by 3/2

[tex]\frac 32 \times \frac 12= Width[/tex]

This gives

[tex]\frac 34= Width[/tex]

Rewrite the above equation as

[tex]Width = \frac 34[/tex]

Hence, the width of the parking lot is 3/4 mile