Question

The area of the entire figure below is 1 square unit.

What is the area of the striped rectangle?

Answer 1

3/10

Explanation:

The area will be the length of the striped rectangle multiplied by the width of the striped rectangle.

The length will be 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 3/4 and the width will be 1/5 + 1/5 = 2/5.

Now just multiply 3/4 by 2/5 and you'll get 6/20 which in its simplest form is 3/10.

Answer 2

3/4 * 2/5

Explanation:

Areas is L * W

(1/5 + 1/5) * (1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4) = 2/5 * 3/4