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A rectangle has an area of square meters and a length of meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rectangle?
A rectangle has an area of 63 square meters and a length of 9 meters. What
Medium-difficulty · SAT Math · Area and Volume — Area of polygons and composite shapes. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice A is correct. The area , in square meters, of a rectangle is the product of its length , in meters, and its width , in meters; thus, . It's given that a rectangle has an area of square meters and a length of meters. Substituting for and for in the equation yields . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore, the width, in meters, of the rectangle is .
Choice B is incorrect. This is the difference between the area, in square meters, and the length, in meters, of the rectangle, not the width, in meters, of the rectangle.
Choice C is incorrect. This is the square of the length, in meters, not the width, in meters, of the rectangle.
Choice D is incorrect. This is the product of the area, in square meters, and the length, in meters, of the rectangle, not the width, in meters, of the rectangle.
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