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The base of a rectangle is 3 and one third feet. The area of this rectangle is 80 square feet. Mark claims the height of the rectangle is 266 and two thirds feet. What is the correct​ height? What is Mark​'s ​error?

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The height is 5.4 square feets
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the height is 5.4 and his mistake is multiplying not dividing 80 and(÷) 3 1/3
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