Ms. Carson's art class made a large rectangular mural. The length of the mural is 9 feet, and it's area is 72 square feet. What is the width of the mural?
Area of a rectangular mural = length x width We know the following: area and length so put it into the formula, we'll call the unknown w 72= 9 x w w= 72/9 w=8 Therefore the width of the mural is 8 feet