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Mr.Webster is buying carpet for an exercise room in his basement. The room will have an area of 230 square feet. The width of the room is 12 1/2 feet.What is the length? Please explain the calculation,
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Mr.Webster is buying carpet for an exercise room in his basement. The room will have an area of 230 square feet. The width of the room is 12 1/2 feet.What is the length? Please explain the calculation, Thanks!

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The length is 18.5
Since you have to multiply length by width to get area you divide area by width to get length. It’s just working backwards
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