The area of a rectangular piece of land is 240 square meters. If the length of the land was 5 meters less and the width was 3 meters more, the shape of the land would be a square.

Part A: Write an equation to find the width (x) of the land. Show the steps of your work.

Part B: What is the width of the land in meters? Show the steps of your work

Question

The area of a rectangular piece of land is 240 square meters. If the length of the land was 5 meters less and the width was 3 meters more, the shape of the land would be a square.

Part A: Write an equation to find the width (x) of the land. Show the steps of your work. 

Part B: What is the width of the land in meters? Show the steps of your work

jdoe0001 · Answer

so we know that the rectangular Area is 240 $cm^2$
we also know that the Area of a rectangle is Length x Width,  right?

jdoe0001 · Answer

ahmm... anyhow I meant $240 m^2$