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Accounting  Some accountants still use printing calculators that record each calculation on a long strip of paper which comes in rolls. The area of the paper in one such roll is one half
square meter. The roll is one tenth
meter wide. How long is the paper in this​ roll?
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Part 1
The paper in this roll is
  
enter your response here meters long.
​(Simplify your​ answer.)

Answer 1

Let L be the length. L = area / width = (1/2) ÷ (1/10) = (1/2)×10 = 5.

The paper is 5 meters long.