A rectangle has a width if 10 inches and an area of 5 square inches. What is the length of the rectangle?
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Area = length x width. Let x = the length of the rectangle.
5 = 10x
5/10 = x
1/2 inch = x
I wonder if you stated the problem correctly. The length should be the long side (10") and the width should be the short side (1/2").
1/2
To determine the length of the rectangle, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle, which is length multiplied by width. We have the width of the rectangle as 10 inches and the area as 5 square inches.
Let's represent the length of the rectangle as 'L'. So, according to the formula, L × 10 = 5.
To find the value of L, we can solve this equation for L. We divide both sides of the equation by 10:
(L × 10) ÷ 10 = 5 ÷ 10
This simplifies to:
L = 0.5
Therefore, the length of the rectangle is 0.5 inches.