Question

Kristina made rectangular place mats for her dining room table, as shown below. The area of each place mat is 135 width of each place mat is 9 inches. How many inches long are all the sides of the place mat?

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Answer 1

15 inches

Explanation:

area = length × width

135 = x × 9

x = 135 ÷ 9

x = 15