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The area of a rectangle is square inches. The length of the rectangle is inches. What is the width, in inches, of this rectangle?
The area of a rectangle is 630 square inches. The length of the rectangle is 70
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 inches, of a rectangle is the product of its length , in inches, and its width , in inches; thus, . It's given that the area of a rectangle is square inches and the length of the rectangle is inches. Substituting for and for in the equation yields . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore, the width, in inches, of this rectangle is .
Choice B is incorrect. This is the length, not the width, in inches, of the rectangle.
Choice C is incorrect. This is half the area, in square inches, not the width, in inches, of the rectangle.
Choice D is incorrect. This is the difference between the area, in square inches, and the length, in inches, of the rectangle, not the width, in inches, of the rectangle.
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