Question

Morgan is designing a rectangular quilt. The quilt will be 1 3/5 m wide and will have an area of 6m²How long is the quilt?

a) 3.6m
b) 3.75m
c) 3.9m
d) 4.2m

Answer 1

The length of the quilt is 3.75 m.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the length of the quilt, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle: length × width = area.

Given that the width is 1 3/5 m (or 8/5 m) and the area is 6 m², we can plug these values into the formula:

length × 8/5 = 6

To solve for the length, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 5/8:

length = 6 × 5/8 = 30/8 = 15/4 = 3 3/4 m

Therefore, the length of the quilt is 3.75 m.