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Find the base of a rectangle where area=40 and height=5

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A = bh

40 = 5b

8 = b

Thanks Ms. Sue. Just a quick question, why didn't I have to use the 1/2 base?

For a rectangle, we need to use the whole base. It's only for triangles that we use 1/2 of the base times the height.

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