A rectangular plot of ground is 5 meters longer than it is wide, It’s area is 20,000 square meters
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I'm assuming you're looking for the dimensions of the plot. I'm going with that. ;) If the length of the plot is 5 meters longer than the width, then L = w + 5. The area for a rectangle is L*w, and we have an area value of 20,000 so our formula is 20000=(w+5)(w) and 
. We will bring the 20,000 over by subtraction and set the polynomial equal to 0 to factor and solve for w. 
Solving for w we get values of w=138.9 and -143.9. Of course the 2 things in math that will never EVER be negative are time and distance/length, so -143.9 is out. Our width is 138.9 and the length is 138.9 + 5 so the length is 143.9. And there you go! Hope that's what you needed!
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Answer:
50 feet long
Step-by-step explanation:
Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the value of the missing side. The pythagoreon theorem only works with right triangles such as this one.
a²+b²=c²
Where a and b are length of legs (sides) of a triangle. And c is the length of the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is the side across from the right angle.
We know by looking at the image posted in the question, that one leg of the triangle is 14 feet. And another leg is 48 feet. (Length of picnic area) (length of campground)
14²+48²=c²
Simplify
196+2304=2500
Find square root of 2500
√(2500)=50
So 14²+48²=50²
The missing side is 50 feet long. The fence is 50 feet long.
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