Question

Olivia is cutting a 1 1/2 m by 3/4 m piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal. Find the area

Answer 1

Answer:

9/16 m.

Step-by-step explanation:

When you cut two pieces along its diagonal it causes it to be two congruent triangular pieces.

You need to multiply the length and the width to find an area:

1 1/2 × 3/4

Now you need to change it into an improper fraction:

1*2+1 = 2+1 = 3; this gives us 3/2:

3/2 × 3/4 = 9/8 = 1 1/8

Dividing it by 2:

9/8 ÷ 2