Answer:the width of plywood = 6.25 feet wide or 6 1/4 feet wide
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1
Area of a rectangular plywood = length x width
Area of Ist Plywood= 7 x w
Area of 2nd Plywood= 61/2 x w=6.5 xw
But Total Arae of trhe two Plywoods are = 84 3/8 square feet.
Therefore Our equation to solve the problem becomes
Area of Ist Plywood + Area of 2nd Plywood =84 3/8 square feet.
7w + 6.5w = 84 3/8
13.5w= 84 3/8
w = 84 3/8/13.5
675/8 / 13.5
w=6.25
Therefore the width of plywood = 6.25 feet wide or 6 1/4 feet.
If the numbers after the decimal terminate, yes, it's rational.
9.521521521 = 9,521,521,521 / 1,000,000,000
If they don't terminate, but the pattern continues (which I suspect is the case here), yes, it's still rational.
If <em>x</em> = 9.521521521…, then
1000<em>x</em> = 9521.521521521…
Subtract <em>x</em> from this to eliminate the fractional part:
1000<em>x</em> - <em>x</em> = 9521.521521521… - 9.521521521…
999<em>x</em> = 9512
<em>x</em> = 9512/999
If they don't terminate, but the pattern does <em>not</em> continue, meaning the next few digits could be something random like
9.521521521<u>19484929271283583457</u>…
then the number would be irrational.