Question

The area of a rectangle is
3/8 in and the length is 5/8 What is the width?

Answer 1

The width W is :

`W=(3)/(5)`

Explanation:

Let A be the area of the rectangle

Let L be the length of the rectangle

Let W be the width of the rectangle

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Formula:

A = L × W

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`\begin{aligned}A &=L * W \\\Rightarrow W &=(A)/(L) \\\Rightarrow W &=((3)/(8))/((5)/(8)) \\&=(3)/(8) * (8)/(5) \\&=(3 * 8)/(8 * 5) \\&=(3)/(5)\end{aligned}`