SOLUTION: First she draws a rectangle with an area of 280 square units and a side length of 8 units Then she breaks the rectangle into smaller rectangles and divides each smaller area by 7

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Question 1064196: First she draws a rectangle with an area of 280 square units and a side length of 8 units Then she breaks the rectangle into smaller rectangles and divides each smaller area by 7
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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Length is 8, and width is w.
8w=280
w=35------the width of the given rectangle.


Then she breaks the rectangle into smaller rectangles
That part is not clear.


...and divides each smaller area by 7
The width w is integrally divisible by 7.
35%2F7=5

The new smaller rectangles may each be 5 units by 8 units, and each will have area of 5%2A8=highlight%2840%29 square units.