Answer:
l= 4 mi : width of the park
w= 1 mi : length of the park
Step-by-step explanation:
Formula to find the area of the rectangle:
A= w*l Formula(1)
Where,
A is the area of the rectangle in mi²
w is the width of the rectangle in mi
l is the width of the rectangle in mi
Known data
A = 4 mi²
l = (w+3)mi Equation (1)
Problem development
We replace the data in the formula (1)
A= w*l
4 = w* (w+3)
4= w²+3w
w²+3w-4= 0
We factor the equation:
We look for two numbers whose sum is 3 and whose multiplication is -4
(w-1)(w+4) = 0 Equation (2)
The values of w for which the equation (2) is zero are:
w = 1 and w = -4
We take the positive value w = 1 because w is a dimension and cannot be negative.
w = 1 mi :width of the park
We replace w = 1 mi in the equation (1) to calculate the length of the park:
l= (w+3) mi
l= ( 1+3) mi
l= 4 mi