SOLUTION: What is the length of the rectangle if the width equals 4/5 of a square mile and the area equals 3/4 of a square mile

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Question 756564: What is the length of the rectangle if the width equals 4/5 of a square mile and the area equals 3/4 of a square mile
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the length of the rectangle if the width equals 4/5 of a
mile and the area equals 3/4 of a square mile.
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The width has to be in miles, not square miles
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Let L = the length
L * =
L = *
L = mi is the length
:
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Check: * = reduces to

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