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A rectangular park is 95 meters long and 60 meters wide. The perimeter is 310, the area is 5700. Give the length and width of another rectangular park that a perimeter of 310, but has a smaller area.

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Final answer:

To find a rectangular park with a perimeter of 310 and a smaller area, decrease the width and increase the length while keeping the perimeter constant.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find another rectangular park with a perimeter of 310 but a smaller area, we need to consider that the perimeter of a rectangle is calculated by adding up all its sides. In this case, the given rectangle has a length of 95 meters and a width of 60 meters, resulting in a perimeter of 310 meters.

If we want a smaller area with the same perimeter, we can decrease either the length or the width of the rectangle. Let's consider decreasing the width to find the new dimensions. If we reduce the width by 5 meters, making it 55 meters, the length would need to increase by 5 meters to keep the perimeter at 310 meters.

Therefore, the new dimensions for the rectangular park would be a length of 100 meters and a width of 55 meters, resulting in a smaller area than the original park.

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95 by 60
perimeter = 310
area = 5,700

A rectangular park that is 100 by 55 has a perimeter of 310 and an area of 5,500.

There are an infinite number of parks that can be a solution to this question.

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