Question

Joshua wants to buy some land in Wyoming to start a free range chicken ranch. He wants the land to have a length 500 feet greater than the width, so the chickens have room to run. If the area of the land needs to be 1,742,400 square feet, what must the length be? Round answer to the nearest whole foot.

Answer 1

1094 width x 1594 length =1,743,836 sq ft. 

Answer 2

1593

Explanation:

none of the answers come out to be exact but this is the closest one and the test says its right