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The Animal World Safari Park is a rectangular piece of land with an area of 323 square miles. The length of the park is 17 miles. What is its width?

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The answer is 19 to be in fact
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The area of a rectangle is A = L * W. We have the area as 323 and the length as 17. Filling in our formula for area then, 323 = 17W. Divide both sides by 17 to solve for the width. W = 19
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