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Question 135984: A rectangle has a side length of 14 centimeters and an area of 98 square centimeters.Write and solve an equation to find the length of the other side of the rectangle.

Any straightfoward and correct help would be much obliged:)~:)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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A rectangle has one side, L%5B1%5D, and the other side, L%5B2%5D.
The area of a rectangle is
A=L%5B1%5DL%5B2%5D
We know that L%5B1%5D=14 and we know that A=98.
A=L%5B1%5DL%5B2%5D
98=14%28W%29
L%5B2%5D=98%2F14
L%5B2%5D=7