Question

Kakalina's class painted a mural to honor their ancestors. The mural covers a 12 and 1/8m long. It has the area of 36 and 3/8m squared.

What does 36 and 3/8 divided by 12 1/8 in this situation.

Choose one answer
(Choice A)
A
The fraction of the wall covered by the mural

(Choice B)
B
The height of the mural

(Choice C)
C
The volume of paint per square meter of the mural

(Choice D)
D
The length of the mural

Answer 1

B. The height of the mural

Explanation:

You want to know what (36 3/8)/(12 1/8) represents in the scenario that a mural with area 36 3/8 m² is 12 1/8 m long.

Area

The area of a rectangle is the product of length and height:

A = LH

Dividing by length gives ...

A/L = H

The ratio of area to length is the height of the mural, choice B.

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