Question

the area of the Sahara Desert is 7 times the area of the Gobi desert if the sum of their areas is 4 million square miles find the area of each desert

Answer 1

Area of Gobi desert = x

Area of Sahara = 7x (seven times the area of the Gobi)

7x+x=4000000
8x=4000000
x=4000000/8
x=500000
Gobi = 500000
Sahara =3500000


At least I think so, hope this helps.