Question

A window shaped like a parallelogram has an area of 44 1/3

square feet. The height of the window is 4 2/3
feet. How long is the base of the window?



also show work because my teacher is picky

Answer 1

All Teachers are picky ,anyways here is the answer A = bh

Plug in what we know:

18 1/3 = 3 1/3b

Divide 3 1/3 to both sides:

(18 1/3) / (3 1/3) = b

Convert both of them into improper fractions:

55/3 / 10/3 = b

Flip the 2nd fraction and multiply:

55/3 * 3/10 = b

Multiply the numerators and denominators together:

165/30 = b

Convert to a mixed number:

b = 5 1/2