Question

The area of a rectangle is 3.6 square feet. The width is 1.2 feet. What is the length?

Answer 1

Answer: The length is 3 feet.

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle is the length times the width and since the area is given and the width is give just divide the area by the width to find the length.

3.6/ 1.2 = 3

Answer 2

The length of the rectangle is 3 feet.

Explanation:

Area = l × w

So, for this problem, you would divide 3.6 by 1.2 in order to get the length of the rectangle.

3.6 / 1.2 = 3

So, the length of the rectangle is 3 feet.