Question

A piece of land is 2 1/6 miles wide. It is 3 times as long as it is wide. How long is the piece of land?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

For this case we have:

`2 \frac {1} {6} = 2 + \frac {1} {6} = \frac {6 * 2 + 1 * 1} {6 * 1} = \frac {13} {6}`

This number represents the wide of the piece of land.

Also, if they tell us that the piece of land is 3 times longer than it is wide, then:

`Long = \frac {wide} {3} = \frac {\frac {13} {6}} {3} = \frac {13 * 1} {3 * 6} = \frac {13} {18}`

Thus, the long of the piece of land is
`\frac {13} {18}` miles

ANswer:

`\frac {13} {18}` miles