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5. A farmer's field has the dimensions shown. He needs to find the area of the field so that he knows how much seed to buy. 1 km w 21 km 2 II square kilometers

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\begin{gathered} \text{ 2}(3)/(4)\cdot\text{ 1}(1)/(3)\text{ = }\frac{8\text{ + 3}}{4}\cdot\text{ }\frac{3\text{ + 1}}{3}\text{ } \\ \text{ = }(11)/(4)\cdot\text{ }(4)/(3) \\ \text{ = }(44)/(12) \\ \text{ = 3 }(8)/(12) \\ \text{ = 3}(4)/(6)\text{ or} \\ \text{ = 3}(2)/(3)km^2 \end{gathered}

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