Question

The area of a rectangular rug is 14 1/12 square yards the length of the rug is 4 1/3 yards what is the width

Answer 1

A=LxW
a=14 1\12
l=4 1\3
w=?
14 1\12=4 1\3 x w
14 1\12 divided by 4 1\3=13\4=3 1\4
w=3 1\4

Answer 2

The width is approx
`3(1)/(4)` yards.

Explanation:

The area of a rectangular rug is 14 1/12 =
`(169)/(12)` square yards

In decimal it is 14.0833 square yards.

The length of the rug is 4 1/3 =
`(13)/(3)` yards

In decimal it is 4.333 yards.

Let the width be = x

Area = length x width

So,
`14.0833=4.333x`

x =
`14.0833/4.333`

= 3.25 or approx
`3(1)/(4)` yards

Hence, the width is approx
`3(1)/(4)` yards.