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the area of a rectangle city park is 25/54 sqaure miles. the length of the park is 5/9 mile. what is the width in miles of the park?
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the area of a rectangle city park is 25/54 sqaure miles. the length of the park is 5/9 mile. what is the width in miles of the park?

User Amin Saqi
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A = lw

Plug in what we know:

25/54 = (5/9)w

Divide 5/9 to both sides or multiply by its reciprocal, 9/5:

25/54 * 9/5 = w

Multiply the numerators and denominators together:

225/270 = w

Simplify:

w = 5/6
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