Question

The perimeter of a rectangular rug is 24 feet. The length of the rug is 1 2/5 its width. What is the area of the rug?

Answer 1

The area of the floor would be 8.4

Answer 2

42/5 = Exact Form

8.4 = Decimal Form

8 2/5 = Mixed Number Form

Explanation:

If the perimeter is 24 feet and it is a rectangle then you divide 24 by 4

Each side is 6 feet

Length = 1 2/5

Area = L x W

1 2/5 x 6

Make it a full fraction

7/5

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7/5 times 6/1

7*6/1

42/5 = Exact Form

8.4 = Decimal Form

8 2/5 = Mixed Number Form