Question

Shannon purchased a quilt at the farmers market. The area of the quilt is 9 1/3 meters. The width is 2 4/5meters. What is the length of the rug, in meters?

Answer 1

Data

• Area of the quilt: 9 1/3 = (3*9 + 1)/3 = 28/3

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• Width of the quilt: 2 4/5 = (2*5 + 4)/5 = 14/5

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The Area of the quilt is computed as follows:

area = width*length

Replacing with data and solving for length:

28/3 = 14/5*length

28/3 * 5/14 = length

28/14 * 5/3 = length

2*5/3 = length

10/3 meters = length

or 3 1/3 meters