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Farmer schmidt owns 3/4 of a square mile of land. Her field is rectangle one side of 2/3 of a mile . How long is the other side

User PRR
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11/2
Explanation:
Since in this problem they only gave the
area and width, we have to make an
equation. So 1/2* x = 3/4, x represents the
length which is unknown and 1/2
represents the width. Now we solve the
equation. the 3/4 divided by 1/2 equals 3/4
* 2 = 6/4 or 11/2
Hope this helped :)
User Ritesh Ranjan
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