Question

A garden is 1 1/2 yards wide and it has an area of 3 3/4 square yards what is the length

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{area of the garden = Lw} \\ \text{where} \\ L=\text{length} \\ w=\text{width} \\ \text{area = 3}(3)/(4) \\ w=1(1)/(2) \\ 3(3)/(4)=1(1)/(2)* l \\ (15)/(4)=(3)/(2)l \\ \text{cross multiply} \\ 30=12l \\ l=(30)/(12) \\ l=(5)/(2)=2(1)/(2)\text{ yards} \end{gathered}`