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Ava's bedroom has an area of 36 square feet. The bedroom is 6 times as many square feet as Ava's closet. If the closet is 3 feet wide, what is the length of the closet?

First find the area of the closet.

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Answer:

The area of Ava's closet is 2 square feet.

Explanation:

The area of the bedroom is 36 and it is 6 times as many square feet as her closet. They are basically saying that the closet has 1/6th the area of the bedroom.

Now we can form an equation to find the area of her closet.

36 ÷ 6 = 6

So, therefore, the area of the closet is 6 square feet.

We know the width of the closet, which is 3 feet. Since the formula of area for her closet is Length × Width, we can form an equation for this.

X in this equation is what we are trying to solve for, which is the length of the closet.

X = 6 ÷ 3

X = 2

So, therefore, the area of Ava's closet would in the end be 2 square feet.

Let me know if you have any questions! :)

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