Which expression is equivalent to the area of metal sheet required to make this square-shaped traffic sign?
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
We have to assume that the question is referring to the doubly-shaded length, the one that is 10 bright blue units long.
You can read the overall length of the shaded area as 5/4, from the markings.
For the next part, you need to count the number of units that are shaded bright blue (10) and the number that are shaded blue overall (15). As a fraction of those shaded blue overall, the ones shaded bright blue are 10/15 = 2/3.
So, the length shaded bright blue is 2/3 of the overall length of 5/4. It is represented by the product ...
