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What is the width of a rectangle with an area of 5/8 inches squared and a length of 10 inches

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If you would like to find the width of a rectangle, you can calculate this using the following steps:

area = width * length
5/8 inches squared = width * 10 inches
5/8 = width * 10 /10
width = 5/8 / 10
width = 5/8 * 1/10 = 5/80 = 1/16 of an inch

The correct result would be 1/16 of an inch.
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