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Question #60472

Answer 1

A.) Either `A=w*l` or `1/6=w*1/2`
B.) `w=1/3` km

Explanation:

Let's start with an equation for the area. Since it is rectangular, we know that the park's area is equal to its length times its width, so:

`A=w*l` where `A` is area, `w` is width, and `l` is length.

We know that the length is 1/2 km, and the area is 1/6 km, so we can substitute those in:

`1/6=w*1/2`

We then solve that equation to get the width, so:

`1/6*color(red)(2)=w*1/2*color(red)(2)`
`2/6=w`
`1/3=w`

So our width is 1/3 km

Hope this helps!