Question

The area of Tracy's backyard is 1 1/3 acres she plants a garden that take up 1/3 of the backyard what area in acres of the garden

Answer 1

`(4)/(9)\ acres`

Explanation:

step 1

we know that

The area of Tracy's backyard is
`1(1)/(3)\ acres`

Convert to an improper fraction

`1(1)/(3)=(3*1+1)/(3)=(4)/(3)\ acres`

step 2

To find the area of the garden, multiply the area of the backyard by 1/3

so

`(4)/(3)((1)/(3))=(4)/(9)\ acres`