Question

Joanne buys a rectangular rug with an area of 35/4 square meters. The length of the rug is 7/2 meters. What is the with, in meters, of the rug? Answer in fraction pls!!

Answer 1

Answer: 5/2 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the area of a rectangle using this equation:

A = bh, where b is the base (length) and h is the height.

So, your rectangle is:

$\frac{35}{4} = \frac{7}{2}h$

You can then divide both sides by 7/2 to find h.

$\frac{\frac{35}{4}}{\frac{7}{2}}$

To divide, you can flip the fraction in the denominator to multiply:

$\frac{35}{4}*\frac{2}{7}$

So, your width is 70/28. You can divide both sides by 14 to get 5/2.