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4.4 Area and Volume - Area of polygons and composite shapes
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A rectangle has an area of 63 square meters and a length of 9 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rectangle?

A.

7

B.

54

C.

81

D.

567

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 A , in square meters, of a rectangle is the product of its length l, in meters, and its width w , in meters; thus, A=lw. It's given that a rectangle has an area of 63 square meters and a length of 9 meters. Substituting 63 for A and 9 for l in the equation A=lw yields 63 = 9 w . Dividing both sides of this equation by 9 yields 7 = w . Therefore, the width, in meters, of the rectangle is 7 .

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.