Question

The area of a rectangle is 75 square centimeters. The rectangle is 5 centimeters wide. How long is the rectangle?
A 70 cm
B 15 cm
( 65 ст
D 8 cm

Answer 1

To find the length of the rectangle, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle, which is:

\[
\text{Area} = \text{Length} \times \text{Width}
\]

Given that the area is 75 square centimeters and the width is 5 centimeters, we can plug in these values:

\[
75 = \text{Length} \times 5
\]

To find the length, we divide both sides by 5:

\[
\text{Length} = \frac{75}{5} = 15 \text{ cm}
\]

So the length of the rectangle is 15 cm.

The correct answer is:

B 15 cm