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A rectangle has an area of 91.7 square inches and a base of 13.1 inches. What is the height?

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Answer:

7 inches

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle A is equal to its length times its width (or base times height if you want to put it that way.)

Since A = b*h, h = A/b. Plugging in values gives you 91.7/ 13.1 = 7 inches.

So the answer is 7 inches.

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