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A painting is 21/2 feet long and 1 /12 feet high. What is the area of the painting?

User Baadshah
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the area of a rectangle is


A=\text{long}\cdot\text{high}
\text{long}=2(1)/(2)=(5)/(2)
\text{high=1}(1)/(2)=(3)/(2)
A=(5)/(2)\cdot(3)/(2)=(15)/(4)ft^2

the answer is 15/4 ft^2

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