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Arthur is building a rectangular sandbox for his son. The area of the sandbox is 17 square feet. If the length of the sandbox is 3 feet, what is the width of the sandbox?

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Answer:

17/3 feet

Explanation:

Area of a rectangle is length times width

The length is 3, so the width is area over length=17/3

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