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Side of a rectangle from area

Side of a rectangle from its area

This math skill teaches how to find the width of a rectangle by using its known area and height. The technique involves dividing the area by the height to solve for the width.

Learn side of a rectangle from area

Teaching Transcript

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Let's find the width of this rectangle, given its area and height

We know that area is width times height, so let's plug in the numbers we know

If we divide both sides by 4, we are left with a width of 36 over 4

Which means our width is 9

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Side of a rectangle from its area

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