An American football field is a rectangle with a perimeter of 1040 fee. The length is 200 feet more than width. How do you find the width and the length of the rectangular field?
1 Answer
Mar 26, 2018
Width=160 ft
Length=360 ft
Explanation:
The perimeter of the field is the total distance around the rectangle, so it is given by: (Length times 2)+(Width times 2)
We know that the length is 200ft longer than the width, hence:
((Width+200) times 2)+(width times 2)=1040, the total perimeter.
This can also be expressed as:
Where
Solving for
So the width is 160 ft.
We knew that the length was 200 ft longer to we just add 200 to the width: (160+200)=360 ft