The width of a rectangular field is 20 feet less than its length. The area of the field is 12,000 ft? What is the length of the field?

80 ft
100 ft
120 ft
140 ft

Answer:

The answer is 120 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of the field (A) is:

A = w · l       (w - width, l - length)

It is known:

A = 12,000 ft²

l = w - 20

So, let's replace this in the formula for the area of the field:

12,000 = w · (w - 20)

12,000 = w² - 20

⇒ w² - 20w - 12,000 = 0

This is quadratic equation. Based on the quadratic formula:

ax² + bx + c = 0      ⇒  

In the equation w² - 20w - 12,000 = 0, a = 1, b = -20, c = -12000

Thus:

So, width w can be either

or

Since, the width cannot be a negative number, the width of the field is 120 feet.

The length of the field is 120 feet.

Option C is the correct answer.

A rectangle is a 2-D shape with length and width.

The length and width are different.

If the length and width are not different then it is a square.

The area of a rectangle is given as:

Area = Length x width

We have,

Let's start by using the given information to set up two equations:

Let x be the length of the field in feet.

Then, the width of the field is x - 20 feet.

The area of the field is given as 12,000 square feet:

x (x - 20) = 12,000

Expanding the left side of the equation, we get:

x² - 20x = 12,000

Bringing all the terms to one side, we get:

x² - 20x - 12,000 = 0

Now, we can solve this quadratic equation using factoring,

Completing the square, or the quadratic formula.

Here, we will use factoring:

x² - 20x - 12,000 = 0

(x - 120) (x + 100) = 0

The solutions are x = 120 and x = -100, but a negative length doesn't make sense, so we reject that solution.

Therefore,

The length of the field is 120 feet.

To check, we can substitute x = 120 into the equation for the width:

Width = x - 20 = 100 feet

Area = Length x Width

= 120 ft x 100 ft

= 12,000 sq ft

Thus,

The length of the field is 120 feet.

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