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Show your work: Solve for b, where A is the area of a rectangle, b is the length of the base of the rectangle, and h is the height of the rectangle. Ab h

User Tim Moore
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Answer:


b = (A)/(h)

Explanation:

Given the formula for calculating the area of the rectangle as;

A = bh where;

b is the length of the base of the rectangle, and;

h is the height of the rectangle

Required

Make b the subject of the formula

Given


A = bh\\\\divide \ both \ sides \ by \ h\\(A)/(h) = (bh)/(h)\\ (A)/(h) = b\\Re-arrange;\\b = (A)/(h)

Hence the value of b in terms of A and h is expressed as
b = (A)/(h)

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