A rectangular building is surrounded by a rectangular parking lot. The width of the building is w, and the length is twice the w
idth. The width of the parking lot is 8 units longer than twice the width of the building. The length of the parking lot is 3 units longer than the length of the
building. What is the area of the parking lot in terms of w? Write the expression in standard form.
And because we know that we cut the base of the equilateral triangle in half, we can see that the side opposite the 30° angle (the shortest side) of each of our 30-60-90 triangles is exactly half the length of the hypotenuse.
