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The longest runway has the shape of a rectangle and an area of 1,825,500 square feet. This runway is 150 feet wide. How long is the runway?

Answer :

We want to find the length of the runway given the area and the width.

We can us the formula;

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=\text{ Length x Width} \\ \text{rearranged to give } \\ \text{Length = }\frac{Area}{\text{Width}} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Inserting the values, we obtain;

[tex]\text{Length = }\frac{1825500}{150}=12170\text{feet}[/tex]

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