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A scale drawing of a rectangular blacktop

is 21 inches by 12 inches. If the actual
blacktop is 126 feet by 72 feet, which is
the scale used for the drawing?

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Answer:The area A of a rectangle is represented by the formula A=lw where l is the length and w is the width. The length of the rectangle is 5.

Write an equation that makes it easy to find the width of the rectangle if we know the area and the length.

Explanation:

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