Question

Marcel Park is weeding the rectangular vegetable garden. The garden has an area of 599.5 square feet. If the garden is 22 feet wide,how long is the garden? Justify your procedure!​

Answer 1

27.25 feet long

Explanation and Check part below

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Explanation:

The area is 599.5 square feet and it is 22 feet wide. So in order to find the area we have to multiply the width (22 feet wide) and the legth (unknow number which will stand for "x"). Since we area multiplying the width and legth we need to do the inverse operation which is dividing. We didvide the area 599.5 by the width 22 to get 27.25 feet long.

22x = 599.5

----- -------- <------ Fraction bar/divide

22 22

x = 27.25

Check:

When a number is next to parenthesis it means to multiply the 2 numbers.

22 (27.25) = 599.5

599.5 = 599.5

True statement.