A rectangle has an area of 193.2 square feet and a height of 12 feet. What is the length of the base?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-23T13:03:36

The length of the base is 16.1 feet.

The formula for the area of a rectangle is:

$A = h \cdot b$ $A = h * b$ where $A$ $A$ is the area, $h$ $h$ is the length of the height and $b$ $b$ is the length of the base.

In this problem we are told $A$ $A$ = 193.2 and $h$ $h$ = 12.

Substitute these values into the equation and solve for $b$ $b$ :

$193.2 = 12 \cdot b$ $193.2 = 12 * b$

$\frac{193.2}{12} = \frac{12 \cdot b}{12}$ $193.2/12 = (12 * b)/12$

$16.1 = (cancel(12)*b)/cancel(12)$

$b = 16.1$