Chef jess made a cake with an area of 93 1/2 inches. If the width of the cake was 8 1/2 inches, what was the length of the cake? Really Confused

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asked Apr 2, 2019 64.5k views

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Frank Osterfeld · Answer 1 · 2019-04-07T05:33:57+0000

we know that

if the cake has a rectangular shape, the area is equal to

A=L*W

where

L is the length side o the cake

W is the width of the cake

in this problem

we have

$A=93 (1)/(2)\ inches^(2)= (187)/(2) \ inches^(2)$

$W= 8 (1)/(2) \ inches = (17)/(2) \ inches$

L=?

A=L*W

solve for L

L=A/W

$L=(187/2)/(17/2)=(187/17)=11 \ inches$

therefore

the answer is

the length is equal to 11 inches