Question

What is the length of a rectangle with area 402 ft^2 and width 12 ft?

Answer 1

402 times 402 is 161604 because of the exponent and 161604 times 12 is 1939248.

Answer 2

So find area, you multiply length times width. In this case, it wants you to find length so you will do the opposite. Divide the area by the width.

402 / 12 = 33.5

So the length is 33.5 feet.

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