Question

A farmer has a square field that is 1 mile wide by 1 mile long. Her irrigation system can water the northern 0.5 miles of her field. If her tomatoes are planted in a strip 0.3 miles wide, what is the area of her watered tomatoes?

Answer 1

0.15mile^2

Explanation:

Step one:

Given

lenght of field L= 1mile

width of field W= 1 mile

Required

The area that can be watered

we are told that the system can water 0.5miles North

This represents the length that can be watered

and the width of the tomatoes area is 0.3miles

Therefore the area that can be watered is

A= 0.5*0.3

A=0.15mile^2