Question

The length of a rectangle is 5.5 feet. If the area is 44 square feet, what is the width of the rectangle, in feet?

Answer 1

When finding area of a rectangle, you multiply width x length.
width x length = area
Width x 5.5 = 44
Divide both sides by 5.5
Width =8

Answer 2

so area is length times width therefore
A=LW
44ft^2=5.5W
divide both sides by 5.5
44/5.5=Width=8 feet