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The area of a soccer field is 7,700 yd2. The width of the field is 70 yd. What is the perimeter of the field?

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We know that a soccer field is in the shape of a rectangle; and we know that the area is equal to length times width (A = l*w).

We are given the area as 7,700 sq. yds. and the width as 70 yds., so we can plug those into the equation to find the length (l):

A = l*w
7,700 = l*(70)
l = 100 yds.

With the length known, we can then determine the perimeter, which, for a rectangle, is:

P = 2l + 2w

So we can then plug in the values for the length and the width:

P = 2(110) + 2(70)
P = 220 + 140
P = 360 yds

The perimeter of the soccer field, which we now know, is 360 yds.
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