The area of a piece of construction paper is 204 inches. The paper is 17 inches long. What is the width of the paper?

The width of the construction paper is 12 inches.

The formula for area is length (l) * width (w) = area in units squared (a^2).

To find the width, we divide both sides by length, this gives us the following:

17*w=204in^2 w=204in^2/17

To find the answer, you just perform the operation.

204/17=12

The width is 12 inches.