Question

Gene wrote this equation for the area of a rectangle.
26.4w = 285.12.
What is the width (w) of this rectangle
A. 7527.2 units
B. 10.8 units
C. 11.0 units
D. 258.7 units

Answer 1

divide 285.12 by 26.4

Answer 2

area = length x width

Answer 3

so we can find the missing number by dividing

Answer 4

10.8?

Answer 5

correct

Answer 6

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The reason you would do that is because the area of a rectangle is equal to itʻs length multiplied by itʻs width

The length is 26.4, and w is a variable presenting the width

Itʻs basically saying 26.4 times width = area