Question

A badminton court has an area of 880 feet. the width of the court is 20 feet. what is the length of the badminton court?

Answer 1

please help

Answer 2

sure! \[Area = Length \times Height\] do you know how to go from here?

Answer 3

btw if you didn't know badminton courts are rectangular.

Answer 4

so is it 880 X 20 ?

Answer 5

well the area is 880 right? And the width is 20 so substitute those values for their corresponding label.

Answer 6

what do you mean by corresponding label?

Answer 7

in the formula so let me do "area" for you. So the area of the court is 880 so if we substitute it in the formula, the formula becomes: \[800 = Length \times Height\]

Answer 8

sorry I mean \[880 = Length \times Height\]

Answer 9

ok so 880= 20 x ? thats where im lost

Answer 10

yup so we got: \[880 = 20 \times Length\] now we need to "solve for the length" we do this by isolating whatever we are looking for by itself.

Answer 11

Since we have 20 times Length, to isolate Length we simply do the opposite function to both sides. Since it's 20 and multiplication, we use division so we should divide 20 on both sides. Does this make sense?

Answer 12

so 880 x 20 x20?

Answer 13

How is that dividing on both sides? Take it step by step. We need to divide 20 on each side. \[880 \div 20 = 20 \times Length \div 20\] Do you see how I have divided 20 on both sides?

Answer 14

btw always always write out the whole equation with the equal sign, if you are solving for something. This is very important!

Answer 15

is the nswer 44?

Answer 16

before I answer that does it make sense what I did?

Answer 17

yes

Answer 18

good! yes that is the answer as the equation becomes: \[44 = Length\] because 880/20 is 44.

Answer 19

ok thank you can i ask you one more?

Answer 20

yes sure

Answer 21

you are playing the game four square on a 12 foot by 12 foot court. your square is 6 foot by 6 foot. what is the area of the four square court not including your square?

Answer 22

find the area of the big square and subtract the small square. Do you know to do so?

Answer 23

so 12x6

Answer 24

whats the area of the big square?

Answer 25

144?

Answer 26

good! so whats the area of the small square?

Answer 27

36

Answer 28

so whats the difference between the two

Answer 29

112

Answer 30

check your math

Answer 31

so basically subtracting?

Answer 32

yep

Answer 33

108 is the answer

Answer 34

yup!

Answer 35

thank you so much

Answer 36

np