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 * b# where #A# is the area, #h# is the length of the height and #b# is the length of the base.

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

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

#193.2 = 12 * b#

#193.2/12 = (12 * b)/12#

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

#b = 16.1#