The width of a rectangular piece of land is 500 m and it is 140 m less than the length, find the area.

1. Since we know from the condition of the problem that the width of a rectangular piece of land is 500 meters, and it is less than the length by 140 meters, therefore, in order to calculate what the length is equal to, we need to add 140 meters to the width. Let’s write down what is the length of a rectangular piece of land.

500 + 140 = 640 meters.

2. Now let’s find what the area of this piece of land is equal to. To do this, we calculate the product of its length and width.

S = 500 * 640 = 320,000 m ^ 2.

Answer: The area of the land plot is 320,000 m ^ 2.