Question

Dion's rectangle measures 2 1/4 unjts by 3 1/2 units what is the are?

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} 2(1)/(4)=(9)/(4) \\ 3(1)/(2)=(7)/(2) \end{gathered}`

so the area is

`(9)/(4)\cdot(7)/(2)=(63)/(8)=7(7)/(8)`