Question

A seed company planted a floral mosaic of a national flag. The perimeter of the flag is 2,440 ft Determine the flag's width and length if the length is 340 ft greater than the width

The flag's width is ft. Its length is ft.

Answer 1

width of the flag is 440 feet and the length is 780 feet

Explanation:

Let's call the width of the flag "w". Then the length of the flag can be represented as "w + 340".

The perimeter of the flag is the sum of all four sides, so we can write the following equation:

2w + 2(w + 340) = 2,440

Expanding the second term on the left side and simplifying:

2w + 2w + 680 = 2,440

4w + 680 = 2,440

Subtracting 680 from both sides:

4w = 1,760

Dividing both sides by 4:

w = 440

So the width of the flag is 440 feet and the length is 780 feet (440 + 340).