Question #60472

1 Answer
Dec 13, 2017

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!