SOLUTION: If the rectangles area is 64 centimeters squared and it's length 4 cm what is width?
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Question 541719: If the rectangles area is 64 centimeters squared and it's length 4 cm what is width?
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In this case, we need to use the Area formula for a rectangle, and work backwards.
From the given information, we have:
Then just solve for w:
So the answer would be the width is equal to 16 cm.
To double check:
Usually in practice, the length of a rectangle is longer than its width, but the concept is still the same.
I hope this helps!
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