Question

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. A farmer owns a strip of land next to an interstate. It is 1 mile long and 16 mile wide. Part A What is the area of this strip of land? A. 116 square miles B. 1 square mile C. 16 square mile D. 26 square mile Part B Due to expected droughts, the farmer will only be planting crops on 34 of this area. How would you correctly calculate the size of this new area? A. the total area multiplied by 4 divided by 3 B. the total area divided by 3 C. the total area divided by 4 D. the total area multiplied by 3 divided by 4 I NEED HELP

Answer 1

Part A: 16 square miles (C)

Part B: total area multiplied by 3 divided by 4 (D)

Explanation:

Part A: To find area you have to do Length x Width and it tells us its 1 mile long and 16 miles wide, so 1 x 16= 16.

Part B: I assume its meant to say the farmer will only be planting in 3/4 of the land (not 34 lol). So you take 16 multiply by 3 and then divide that answer by 4. And that's how you get the answer to that.