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11. The area of the floor of a gym is 7,168 squarefeet. If the gym is 64 feet wide, how long is it?

11. The area of the floor of a gym is 7,168 squarefeet. If the gym is 64 feet wide-example-1
User MBasith
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Let l be the length of the gym in feet, then we can set the following equation:


l*64=7168.

Dividing the above equation by 64 we get:


\begin{gathered} (l*64)/(64)=(7168)/(64), \\ l=112. \end{gathered}

Answer: The length of the gym is 112 feet.

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