Question

the most popular rug that one store sells has an area of 12 square yards. It is 4 yards lomg. What is the width of this rug?

Answer 1

3 yards . To do d the area you must multiply. We already know its 12 square yards. We need to multiply 4 with 3 because that's what gets is to 12. The width of the rug is 3 yards.

Answer 2

To find the are (which is 12) you have to do Length x width. So the inverse operation of multiplication is division. So do 12 divided by 4 = (your answer) 3

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