Question

The width of a rectangular piece of cloth is 4/5 meter. The area of the piece of cloth is 6 2/5 square meters. What is the length of the piece of cloth?

Answer 1

Length = 8

Explanation:

If Area = L • W then if we have the area and the width we should divide the Area by the width to get the length.

6 2/5 divided by 4/5 = 8

Steps:

1) convert 6 2/5 to improper fraction and switch sign: 32/5 • 5/4 = 8

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