A rectangle has an area of 24 square centimeters. The width of the rectangle is 3 centimeters. What is the length of the rectangle?

A) 8 centimeters

B) 7 centimeters

C) 6 centimeters

D) 9 centimeters

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Mathematics

Brayden Sampson

9 January, 06:28

A rectangle has an area of 24 square centimeters. The width of the rectangle is 3 centimeters. What is the length of the rectangle?

A) 8 centimeters

B) 7 centimeters

C) 6 centimeters

D) 9 centimeters

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Annalise Figueroa · Answer 1

The answer is 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

Area = Length times width. Since division and multiplcation are inverse operations, we can do 24 divided by 3 to get 8, so to get the area of 24, you would do 8 x 3.

A rectangle has an area of 24 square centimeters. The width of the rectangle is 3 centimeters. What is the length of the rectangle?A) 8 centimetersB) 7 centimetersC) 6 centimetersD) 9 centimeters

A rectangle has an area of 24 square centimeters. The width of the rectangle is 3 centimeters. What is the length of the rectangle?

A) 8 centimeters

B) 7 centimeters

C) 6 centimeters

D) 9 centimeters