The rectangle has an area of 48 square inches. The length of the rectangle is 8 inches. What is its width?
6 inches
5 inches
7 inches
8 inches
To find the width, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle, which is length multiplied by width.
Let's denote the width as "w". We know that the length is 8 inches, so we can write the formula as:
8 * w = 48
To find the value of w, we divide both sides of the equation by 8:
w = 48 / 8 = 6
Therefore, the width of the rectangle is 6 inches.
So the correct answer is 6 inches.