SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is less than 81 square centimeters. The length of the rectangle is 9 centimeters and the width is x centimeters. Select the possible value(s) of x

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Question 1011136: The area of a rectangle is less than 81 square centimeters. The length of the rectangle is 9 centimeters and the width is x centimeters. Select the possible value(s) of x
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area of the rectangle:
L*W In this problem:
W= x (unknown variable)
9*x < 81 divide both sides by 9
x < 81/9
x < 9