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Joanne buys a rectangle at rug rug with an area of 35/4 square meters. The length of the rug is 7/2 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rug?
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Joanne buys a rectangle at rug rug with an area of 35/4 square meters. The length of the rug is 7/2 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rug?
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35/4 ÷ 7/2
35/4 × 2/7
cross cancel the 35 with the 7 and the 4 with the 2:
5/2 ×1/1
5/2 meters otherwise written as 2 1/2
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A = L * W
35/4 = 7/2W
35/4 * 2/7 = W
70/28 reduces to 5/2 or 2 1/2
check...
35/4 = 7/2(5/2)
35/4 = 35/4 ..correct
so the width is 5/2 or 2 1/2 or 2.5 meters
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