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Mackenzie has enough paint to paint 108 square feet she wants to pay her garage door which has the height of 12 feet the garage door is in the shape of rectangle and Mackenzie has just enough paint to cover the garage door what is the width of the door

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If we're focusing on the door alone, and assume the area is 108 sq ft and the height is 12 ft, then the width must be w = 108 sq ft  /  12 ft = 9 ft (answer)
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So you would do 12x. In this case x=9 becasue 108 / 12 = 9
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