The area would be 3 and 6/8 meters sq.
Step by step equation:
Separate the whole numbers and fractions.
Whole numbers: 2, 1
Fractions: 7/8, 1/4
Now simplify the fractions.
To make the fractions have even denominators we must multiply 1/4 by 2 on the top and bottom, changing 1/4 into 2/8.
Now that the fractions are simplified we multiply them together. 7/8 • 2/8 = 14/8. We now turn this into a mixed number, 1 and 6/8’s.
Now let’s multiply the whole numbers,
2•1 = 2. Now that we have all the numbers laid out let’s combine them.
2 + 1 + 6/8 = 3 6/8’s. Since this is out area you want to make sure to label the product correctly and the label here is meters so the answer would come out to be:
3 6/8’s meters sq.
Hope this helps!