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.

length = 1 yd, width = 20 yd
length = 2 yd, width = 10 yd
length = 10 yd, width = 2 yd
length = 20 yd, width = 1 y

the dimensions are:

step-by-step explanation:

we want to find the dimensions of a rectangular box with volume of

we factor to obtain;

we rewrite the rightmost factor to obtain;

recall that:

we apply difference of two squares formula to obtain;

hence the dimensions are

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