Question

Joanne buys a rectangle at rug rug with an area of 35/4 square meters. The length of the rug is 7/2 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rug?

Answer 1

Answer:

The width of given rectangular rug is $\frac{5}{2}$  meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Joanne buys a rectangle at rug rug with an area of $\frac{35}{4}$ square meters. The length of the rug is $\frac{7}{2}$ meters.

We have to find the width of the given rug.

Since, Area of rectangle = length × width

Here, Area = $\frac{35}{4}$ square meters

and length = $\frac{35}{4}$  meters.

Substitute, we have,

$\frac{35}{4}=\frac{7}{2}\times width$

Multiply both side by  $\frac{2}{7}$ , we have,

$\frac{35}{4}\times \frac{2}{7}=width$    

Simplify, we have,

$width=\frac{5}{2}$  

Thus, The width of given rectangular rug is $\frac{5}{2}$  meters.

Answer 2

35/4÷7/2= 35/4*2/7=70/28= 35/14 meters or 2 7/14 meters as a mixed number.