The length of a rectangle is 8 centimeters, and the area of the rectangle is 72 square centimeters. what is the width of the rectangle?

The width if the rectangle is 9 sq. cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

a = wl, which means area equals length times width, so to find the width when you have the length and area you need to divide the area by the length.

72/8 = 9

This exact method will also work if you have the width and not the length.

Hope this helps!

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.