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Sandra owns a rectangular pice of farmland that is 2/3 miles wide and has an area 5/9 square mile what is the leght of sandras farmalnd

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Answer:

5/6 mile

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a rectangle can be used with the given values to write an equation for the length of the farmland.

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Here is the equation for the area of a rectangle.

A = LW . . . . . area is the product of length and width

When we fill in the area and width, we have ...

5/9 mi² = L(2/3 mi) . . . . . equation for the length of the farmland

Solving this equation gives ...

L = (5/9)/(2/3) mi . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of L

L = (5/9)/(6/9) mi = 5/6 mi . . . . . perform the division

The length of Sandra's farmland is 5/6 mile.

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