Two garden plots are to have the same area. one is a square and one is rectangular. the rectangular plot is 4 meters wide and 16 meters long. how large is one side of the square garden plot in meters?

In this question, there are two garden with same area but different shape (rectangle and square). The formula for rectangle area is length* width, so the area of the garden would be:

rectangle garden area= 4m * 16m= 64m^2

The formula for the square area would be side^2. The square garden area is same as the rectangle garden area. Combining both equations will result in:

square garden area= rectangle garden area
side^2= 64m^2
side= √64m^2= 8m