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2. The area of a rectangle is 56 square inches. The rectangle is 8 inches long. How wide is the rectangle?

User BLaminack
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Answer:

7 inches wide

Explanation:

To find the area of a rectangle, you take the length and multiply it by the width.

Since we have the length and the area. We will take the area and divide it by the length to find the width.

56/8=7

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