Question

Leah is going to wrap the first box with wrapping paper. She measures the bottom of her box exactly to help her determine how much wrapping paper to use. The area of the bottom of the box is 36 1/8 square inches. Its width is 8 1/2 inches. What is the length of the bottom of the box?

Answer 1

4.25 is the answer or 4 1/4

Explanation:

the width 8 1/2 inches and the area is 36 1/8. therefore we have to do 36 1/8 divided by 8 1/2 to get 4 1/4 as the side length