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Monica has a 24-inch square frame. There are 4 equal sides. She paints 3/4 of one side of the frame blue. What fraction of the frame did Monica paint blue?

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She painted 3/16 of the frame.
User Serg Shapoval
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Answer:

Monica painted
(3)/(16) of the frame blue.

Explanation:

Monica has a 24-inch square frame.There are 4 equal sides. She paints 3/4 of one side of the frame blue.

The perimeter of square is given as = 4s where s is the side length.

Here, perimeter is 24 inches.

So, side will be:


4s=24

Dividing both sides by 4;

s = 6

So, we get the side of the frame as 6 inches.

Now Monica painted 3/4 of 6 inches.

This value becomes :
(3)/(4)*6 =4.5 and in fraction it is
(9)/(2)

This is part of 24 inches.

So, the fraction will be :
((9)/(2) )/(24)

=
(9)/(2) *(1)/(24) = 3/16

Hence, Monica painted
(3)/(16) of the frame blue.

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