Problema Solution
Michelle is building a rectuangular strip for airplanes. She has enough material to cover 1/1500 of a square mile. The landing strip must be 1/6 of a mile long. With the amount of material that Michelle has, what is the greatest possible width of the landing strip in miles?
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Let 'x' represent the width of the landing strip in miles.
(1/6)*x = 1/1500
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x = 0.004 mi
The greatest possible width of the landing strip is 0.004 miles.