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The area of an 19-cm-wide rectangle is 456 cm2. What is its length? The length is .......cm.

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The area of a rectangle is given by:


\begin{gathered} A=w* l \\ \text{where:} \\ A=\text{Area}=456 \\ w=\text{width}=19 \\ l=\text{length} \\ 456=19* l \\ l=(456)/(19) \\ l=24\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}

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