Given
The area of a rectangular rug is 24 square feet. The rug is 3 feet wide.
To find:
How long is it?
Explanation:
It is given that,
The area of a rectangular rug is 24 square feet. The rug is 3 feet wide.
That implies,
[tex]\begin{gathered} Area\text{ }of\text{ }the\text{ }rectangular\text{ }rug=24 \\ l\times b=24 \\ l\times3=24 \\ l=\frac{24}{3} \\ l=8ft \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, the length of the rectangular rug is 8ft.
