Question

the school cafeteria is shaped like a rectangle with an area of 868 square feet. The length of the cafeteria is 31 feet. What is its width?

Answer 1

28 feet.

Explanation:

the school cafeteria is shaped like a rectangle with an area of 868 square feet. The length of the cafeteria is 31 feet.

Area of the rectangle is calculated by,

• area = length × width

Since area is 868 square feet and length is 31 feet

Solving for width

• 868 = 31 × width

dividing both sides by 31,

• width = 28

Hence, the width of the school cafeteria is 28 feet