Find the area of a rectangle that is 16 3/5in. by 8 9/10

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Grgur · Answer 1 · 2019-12-13T04:00:22+0000

Answer:

Area is 147.74

Explanation:

You need to recall that the equation for the area of a rectangle is:

Length * Width = area

So 16 3/5 * 8 9/10 = area

Rearrange so the whole numbers are being multiplied and the fractions are too:

We need to make the denominator same, this can be done by simply multiplying 3/5 by 2:

3/5 * 2 = 6/10

Now the two numbers can be written as 16.6 and 8.9.

Multiply both numbers by 10:

166 * 89 = 14774

Then divide this by 100 (two lots of division by 10)

14774 ÷ 1000 = 147.74

So the area of the rectangle is 147.74!