High School

The area of a rectangle is 120 square inches. Its length is 15 inches.

Write an equation to find its width. What is its width?

Answer :

Answer:

The width of the rectangle is 8 square inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for the area of a rectangle is length x width = area. If we have the length and area, we can plug those into the equation, giving us 15 x ? = 120. To find the value of ? (the width), you have to do the inverse operation of multiplication, which is division. So, divide 120 by 15, and you get 8. Therefore, 8 is the width of your rectangle.

Checking your work is always good too, so you can plug 8 into our original equation. 15 x 8 =120. If the equation works, (in this case it does), you have done it correctly.