Question

Karim builds a wooden table. 3 Superscript 4 in. A rectangle with a width of question mark inches. The rectangular top of his table has an area of 3 Superscript 7 square inches and a length of 3 Superscript 4 inches. What is the width of the table top?

Answer 1

Explanation:

just took the test answer is B

Answer 2

3^3 in = 27 in

Explanation:

The area is given by the formula ...

A = LW

Filling in the given values, we can find the unknown.

3^7 in^2 = (3^4 in)×W

(3^7 in^2)/(3^4 in) = W = 3^3 in . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of W

The width of the tabletop is 3^3 = 27 inches.

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The applicable rule of exponents is ...

(a^b)/(a^c) = a^(b-c)