Question

The area of a rectangle is 72 square inches. The length is
12 inches. What is the width?

Answer 1

Answer: 6 inches

Step-by-step explanation: the area of a rectangle is width times length, that is $A = w.l$

In this case we have:

• Area A = 72 square inches
• Width w = 12 inches

So to get the Lenght l we need to divide  $l = \frac{A}{w}$

$l = \frac{72}{12}$

$l = 6$