A rectangular play area is 8 yards long. The expression 56+ 8X represents the area of the play area in square yards. What expression represents the width of the play area in yards? Drawl a picture to model the problem.

12 servings. 4 times 3= 12

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus