A rectangular field has a length that is three times its width. If the total area of the field is 867 square meters, what is the width of the field?

Explanation

Let the width of the field be w meters. Then the length is 3w meters. The area is given by length × width, so: 3w × w = 867 3w² = 867 w² = 289 Taking the positive root, w = 17 meters.