Mountain lions are also known as cougars, panthers, or pumas. Their range once was from coast to coast in North America and from Argentina to Alaska. Hunting and habitat destruction now restricts their range
to mostly mountainous, unpopulated areas.
Mountain lions are solitary animals. A male's territory often overlaps two females' territories but never
overlaps another male's. The average size of a male's territory is 108 square miles, but it may be smaller or
larger depending on how plentiful food is.
A male mountain lion has a rectangular territory with an area of 96 square miles. If his territory is 8 miles
wide, what is the length of his territory?
The length of the rectangular territory is
miles.