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The area of a rectangular garden is 38 and 1/4 square meters the width of the garden is 4 and 1/2 meters find the length of the garden. please explain how you did this so I understand to. the

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Formula\ for\ area\ of\ rectangle:\\\\ Area=width*length\\\\ Area=38(1)/(4)=(153)/(4)m^2\\ width=4(1)/(2)=(9)/(2)*m\\\\ (153)/(4)=(9)/(2)*length\ \ |Divide\ by\ (9)/(2)\\\\ (153)/(4)*(2)/(9)=length\\\\ length=(17)/(2)=8,5meters\\\\ Length\ is\ equal\ to\ 8,5meters.
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