Question

Olivia is cutting a 1 1/2m by 3/4m piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal.

Find the area of each of the pieces
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Answer 1

Explanation:

1½ m = 1.5 m

¾ m = 0.75 m

area of rectangle = 1.5×0.75 = 1.125 m²

Each piece is half the rectangle. Area of one piece = 0.5625 m²