The dimensions of lake are length 1.5 miles and width 0.3 miles
Solution:
Given that,
Artificial lake is in the shape of a rectangle
Let the length of lake be "a"
The width of the lake is 1/5 the length of the lake
[tex]width = \frac{length}{5}\\\\width = \frac{a}{5}[/tex]
The area of lake is 9/20 square miles
The area of rectangle is given by formula:
[tex]Area = length \times width[/tex]
Substituting the values we get,
[tex]\frac{9}{20} = a \times \frac{a}{5}\\\\a^2 = \frac{9}{20} \times 5\\\\a^2 = \frac{9}{4}\\\\\text{Taking square root on both sides }\\\\a = \frac{3}{2} = 1.5[/tex]
Thus, we get
[tex]length = a = 1.5 \text{ miles }\\\\width = \frac{a}{5} = \frac{1.5}{5} = 0.3 \text{ miles }[/tex]
Thus the dimensions of lake are length 1.5 miles and width 0.3 miles
