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Polynomials: Word Problem 2

Football

A football field's dimensions can be represented by a width of feet and a length of feet.
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1

Find an expression for the area A of a football field. Give your answer as a quadratic trinomial.

2

An actual football field is 160 feet wide and 360 feet long. For what value of x does the expression you wrote in Problem 1 give you these dimensions?