An artificial lake is in the shape of a rectangle and has same area of 9/20 square mile. The width of the lake is 1/5 the length of the lake. what are the dimensions of the lake?

Verified Answer :

You are given an artificial lakes’ shape of a rectangle having an area
of 9/20 square mile and width of 1/5 length of the lake. You are required to
look for the dimensions of the lake. The area of a rectangle is length times
width. So,



Area = length width



Since width = 1/5 length



Area = length
1/5 length



Area is 9/20 square mile,



9/20 square mile = 1/5 * square length


Square length = 9/4 square mile

Length = 3/2 mile