Mr. Shaw wants to replace the flooring his family room. The floor has an area of 262.8 square feet. If the room is 18 feet long, how wide is it? Justify your procedure.

14.6

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a rectangle is area=length*width

so we can substitute the numbers here, 262.8=18w

divide 262.8 by 18 to isolate the variable.

You get 14.6.

The width is 14.6.

a

step-by-step explanation:

when a number is between two straight lines it means the absolute value.

to find absolute value you need to know how many numbers is that number away from 0.

when finding absolute value the number will always come out positive

so absolute value of -3 is 3

absolute value of 3/2 is 3/2

absolute value of -2 is 2

absolute value of 3.5 is 3.5

absolute value of -1 is 1

now put these numbers in order:

a)   |-1|, |3/2|, |-2|, |-3|, |3.5|

27

step-by-step explanation: