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The area of a table is 8ft^2 and the length is 4ft. The width of the table top is?

User Millemila
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The formula for area is A = L*W or we can say A=LW. Lets plugin what we know.

A = LW
8 = 4W
Now solve for W
8 = LW
8=LW
8/4 = 4W / 4
2 = W
W = 2

So the width is 2ft
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