SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 18 square centimeters. What could be the length and width of this rectangle?

Question 405685: The area of a rectangle is 18 square centimeters. What could be the length and width of this rectangle?
Answer by IWork4Dessert(60) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You know that the area of a rectangle is the length times the width. This is represented by a=lw.
You're given the area, and you know that two numbers(one times the other) will equal that area.
Just plug that into your equation.
18=lw
The best way to do this is to factor 18.
18: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
There are three pairs of numbers that go into 18.
{1,18}
{2,9}
{3,6}
When multiplied together, all of those pairs equal 18. So all of those could be your answers, since you're given no more explanation..
Hope this helps :)
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