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The area of a rectangular city park is 25/54 square miles. The length if the park is 5/9 of a mile. What is the width in miles, of the park?

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Plug the values into the area formula for a rectangle.

\(A=lw\)

\(\frac{25}{54}=\frac59w\)

Divide by 5/9. (Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal, or flipped version of the fraction, 9/5)

\(\frac{225}{270}=w\)

Simplify.

\(\frac{225}{270}=\frac{45}{54}=\boxed{\frac56\ mi}\)