a rectangle is 25 inches long. the area of the rectanle is 400 square inches. what is the width?

asked Mar 4, 2014 in GEOMETRY by homeworkhelp Mentor

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The long of rectangle is 25 inches and its area is 400 square inches.

Area of Triangle : A = length * width.

400 = 25 * width

width = 400 / 25 = 16 inches.

The width of rectangle is 16 inches.

answered Mar 22, 2014 by rob Pupil
reshown Mar 25, 2014 by steve

Given

The area of a rectangle is 400 square inches.

The length of a rectangle is 25 inches.

Let the width of a rectangle is w.

The area of a rectangle = length * width.

400 = 25 * w

400 / 25 = w

16 = w

The width of a rectangle is 16 inches.

Solution : The width of a rectangle is16 inches.

answered Mar 25, 2014 by friend Mentor

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