Homework Help: geometry

Posted by corina ruybal on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:53am.

A rectangular field is 64 m X 25 m. Shawn wants to fence a square field that has the same area as the rectangular field. How long are the sides of the square field? Please explain the thinking behind your solution strategy.

geometry - Reiny, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:59am
The area of the original field = 1600 m^2

so you want a square that has an area of 1600
let each side be x m
x^2 = 1600
x = 40
geometry - chandan upadhyay, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 11:33am
Area of rect.

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