Question

The area of a rectangle is 72^9^6 square yards. The length of the rectangle is 8^3^4 yards. What is the width of the rectangle in yards? Show how you found the variable expression to represent the width. (Hint: set this up as a division problem to find the missing measurement.)

Answer 1

Answer:

72^9^6 ÷ 8^3^4

72^3^12 ÷ 8^3^4

(9×8)^3^12 ÷ 8^3^4

9^3^12 × (8^3^12 ÷ 8^3^4)

9^3^12 × (8^3^(12-4))

9^3^12 × 8^3^8 feet