SOLUTION: If the area of a rectangle is 40 square yards. The length is 12 yards. What is the width?
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Question 507001: If the area of a rectangle is 40 square yards. The length is 12 yards. What is the width?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the area of a rectangle formula.
Divide both sides by to isolate "W".
Flip the equation.
Plug in and .
Divide into to get .
So if a rectangle has a length of yards and an area of square yards, then it must have a width of roughly yards.
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