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Algebra Difficulty 1.9 Junior Find the answer

A rectangle has a length of $\frac{3}{5}$ and an area of $\frac{1}{3}$ . What is the width of the rectangle?

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

In a rectangle, length times width equals area, so width equals area divided by length. Therefore, the width is $\frac{1}{3} \div \frac{3}{5}=\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{5}{3}=\frac{5}{9}$ .

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