TOM bought a rectangular piece of land that was 3 miles long and 2 miles wide .Half of the land could be farmed .How many square miles could not be farmed?
(3 * 2)/2 = ?
Well, poor TOM bought a rectangular piece of land, but sadly only half of it can be farmed. Let me grab my trusty calculator... *beep boop beep* Okay, so we have a rectangle that is 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. So the total area of the land is 3 miles multiplied by 2 miles, which is 6 square miles.
Now, since only half of the land can be farmed, we just need to divide the total area by 2. So 6 square miles divided by 2 gives us 3 square miles.
Therefore, TOM will have 3 square miles of the land that cannot be farmed. I hope he finds something fun to do with it though, like build a miniature golf course for squirrels!
To find out how many square miles could not be farmed, we need to determine the area of the entire rectangular piece of land and then calculate half of that area.
The area of a rectangle is given by the formula: Area = length x width.
Given that the length is 3 miles and the width is 2 miles, we can calculate the area as follows:
Area = 3 miles x 2 miles = 6 square miles.
Since half of the land could be farmed, we need to find half of the area:
Half of the area = (1/2) x 6 square miles = 3 square miles.
Thus, 3 square miles could not be farmed.
To find the number of square miles that could not be farmed, we need to calculate the area of the land and then divide it by 2 since only half of it could be farmed.
The area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying its length by its width. In this case, the length is 3 miles and the width is 2 miles.
Area = Length × Width
Area = 3 miles × 2 miles
Area = 6 square miles
Now we divide this area by 2 to find the area that could not be farmed:
Non-farmable area = Area / 2
Non-farmable area = 6 square miles / 2
Non-farmable area = 3 square miles
Therefore, 3 square miles could not be farmed.