Question

The cheerleaders at McKamey High are painting rectangular banners for the pep rally. The area of the banner is
49 square feet. The dimensions of the rectangle are shown below. What is the length of the longer side of the
banner?

Answer 1

Let the dimensions of the rectangle be length (L) and width (W).

We know that the area of a rectangle is given by the formula: Area = Length x Width.

Given that the area of the banner is 49 square feet, we have:

49 = L x W

Since we are looking for the length of the longer side, we need to determine which side is longer. Let's say that L is the longer side.

Now, we have to find the factors of 49 that can be used as length and width. The factors of 49 are 1, 7, and 49.

If we assign L = 49 and W = 1, we can verify that the area will be 49 square feet.

Therefore, the length of the longer side of the banner is 49 feet.