SOLUTION: what is the length of a base of a rectangle whose area is 40 square feet and height is 4 feet?

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Question 595499: what is the length of a base of a rectangle whose area is 40 square feet and height is 4 feet?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Use the formula L times height equals Area.
Plug in the values we have:
L4=40
Divide by 4 to get:
L=10
So we know the base is 10 feet.
Make sense?
RJ
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