The area of a playground is 35 square yards. The width of the playground is 2 yd longer than its length. Find the length and width of the playground.
Responses
L= 5 W= 7
L= 5 W= 7 - not selected, this is the correct answer
L = 2.5 W=10
L = 2.5 W=10 - no response given
L= 10 W= 2.5
L= 10 W= 2.5 - no response given
L=7 W=5
explain
1 answer
This response is incorrect because it does not follow the given information that the width is 2 yards longer than the length. The correct answer is L=5 yd and W=7 yd.