Question

A rectangle is shown with dimensions in inches the inches are three-sevenths and two-ninths. What is the area of the rectangle in square inches?

Answer 1

the area of a rectangle is simply width * length,

well, you have both, so is just their product


`\bf \stackrel{width}{\cfrac{3}{7}}\cdot \stackrel{length}{\cfrac{2}{9}}\implies \cfrac{3\cdot 2}{7\cdot 9}\implies \cfrac{1\cdot 2}{7\cdot 3}\implies \cfrac{2}{21}`