document.write( "Question 507001: If the area of a rectangle is 40 square yards. The length is 12 yards. What is the width? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #340293 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"A=LW\" Start with the area of a rectangle formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2FL=W\" Divide both sides by \"L\" to isolate \"W\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=A%2FL\" Flip the equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=%2840%29%2F%2812%29\" Plug in \"A=40\" and \"L=12\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=3.33333333333333\" Divide \"40\" into \"12\" to get \"3.33333333333333\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So if a rectangle has a length of \"12\" yards and an area of \"40\" square yards, then it must have a width of roughly \"3.33333333333333\" yards.
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