Question

The area of a rectangle is 3/8 in and the length is 5/8 What is the width?

Answer 1

Answer:

The width W is :

$W=\frac{3}{5}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let A be the area of the rectangle

Let L be the length of the rectangle

Let W be the width of the rectangle

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Formula:

A = L × W

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$\begin{aligned}A &=L \times W \\\Rightarrow W &=\frac{A}{L} \\\Rightarrow W &=\frac{\frac{3}{8}}{\frac{5}{8}} \\&=\frac{3}{8} \times \frac{8}{5} \\&=\frac{3 \times 8}{8 \times 5} \\&=\frac{3}{5}\end{aligned}$