Question

A wall in Marcus's bedroom is 8 1/3 feet high and 16 1/5 feet long. If he paints 1/3 of the wall blue, how many square feet will be blue?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:
45 ft² will be blue

Step-by-step explanation:
1- getting the area of the wall:
area of the rectangle can be calculated as follows:
area = length * width

we are given that:
length =
`16 (1)/(5)` ft
width =
`8 (1)/(3)` ft

Now, substituting in the above rule, we can get the area as follows:
area =
`16 (1)/(5)` *
`8 (1)/(3)` = 135 ft²

2- getting the area that would be pained blue:
We are given that
`(1)/(3)` of the area of the room would be painted blue, this means that:

area of blue =
`(1)/(3)` * area of room

area of blue =
`(1)/(3)` * 135

area of room = 45 ft²

Hope this helps :)