the area of a playground is 20 square yards. The length of the playground is 5 times longer than its width. Find the length and width of the playground.
Answers to choose from are,
length=1yd, width=20yd
length=2yd, width=10yd
length=10yd, width=2yd
length=20yd, width=1yd

Question

the area of a playground is 20 square yards. The length of the playground is 5 times longer than its width. Find the length and width of the playground.
Answers to choose from are,
length=1yd, width=20yd
length=2yd, width=10yd
length=10yd, width=2yd
length=20yd, width=1yd

anonymous · Answer

So the first two answers are wrong because the length is five times larger than the width and the last answer is wrong as well so the only answer left is the third one where the length is exactly five times larger than the width. The answer is C

anonymous · Answer

C