A rectangle has an area of 45 square centimeters and a length of 10 centimeters.
What is the width of the rectangle?
55 centimeters
35 centimeters
4.5 centimeters
3.5 centimeters (my answer)
How can 45/10 = 3.5 ??
45/10 = 4.5
To find the width of a rectangle, you can use the formula for the area of a rectangle: area = length × width. In this case, you know that the area is 45 square centimeters and the length is 10 centimeters. To find the width, you can rearrange the formula to solve for width: width = area ÷ length.
Plugging in the given values, you get: width = 45 ÷ 10 = 4.5 centimeters.
Therefore, the correct answer is 4.5 centimeters.