The area of a playground is 64 square yards. The length of the playground is 4 times longer than its width. Find the length and the width of the playground.
length = 16 yards, width = 4 yards
length = 2 yards, width =32 yards
length = 32 yard, width = 2 yards
length = 4 yards, width = 16 yards

Question

The area of a playground is 64 square yards. The length of the playground is 4 times longer than its width. Find the length and the width of the playground. 
	length = 16 yards, width = 4 yards
	length = 2 yards, width =32 yards
	length = 32 yard, width = 2 yards
	length = 4 yards, width = 16 yards

birdy258 · Answer

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laila_2278 · Answer

length = 16 yards, width = 4 yards
	length = 2 yards, width =32 yards
	length = 32 yard, width = 2 yards
	length = 4 yards, width = 16 yards

igreen · Answer

I guess the playground is a rectangle.

We have two equations:

64 = lw
l = 4w

igreen · Answer

Plug in 4w for 'l' in the first equation and solve for 'w', can you do that?