The area of a rectangle garden is 60ft^2. the length is an irrational number. explain why or why not the width must be a fraction, whole number, irrational number, or non-real number.

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Jamya Bishop

Mathematics

19 March, 00:48

The area of a rectangle garden is 60ft^2. the length is an irrational number. explain why or why not the width must be a fraction, whole number, irrational number, or non-real number.

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Nikolas · Answer 1

Area of a rectangle is given by the formula length x width

length x width = 60ft^2

if the length is an irrational number then most likely the width can be one too

for example

length = 60^1/2

then width must be 60^1/2

since 60^1/2 * 60^1/2 = 60ft^2