Question

A farmer has a square-shaped plot of unused land. Along the length of the farm, he fences off a 25-foot wide section to create an area to store equipment. After the farmer fences off the section, the new area of the unused land is given by the expression below, where x represents the original length, in feet, of the farm. Which statement best describes the term 25x? A. The area of the plot of land after a section was fenced off to store equipment B. The area of the plot of land before a section was fenced off to store equipment C. The length of the land fenced off to store equipment D. The area of the land fenced off to store equipment

Answer 1

Answer:

Side of Squared shaped plot = x foot

Then the farmer fences off a 25 foot wide section to create an area to store equipment.

As width=25 foot

and Length =x foot

Area = 25 x square foot

So 25 x represents area which is used for storing equipment.

So out of all the options Option D is correct which is The area of the land fenced off to store equipment .

Answer 2

Answer

The statement best describes the term 25x is  option ( D)

i.e  The area of the land fenced off to store equipment.

Reason

As given in the question

A farmer has a square-shaped plot of unused land

After the farmer fences off

he fences off a 25-foot wide section to create an area to store equipment.

x represent the original length of the plot.

this shows that the plot used to store equipment is not square.

Formula

Area of the rectangle = length × breadth

length = x

breadth = 25

put in the above equation

Area = 25x feet²

therefore 25x feet² shows the area of the land fenced off to store the equipment.

Hence proved