Question

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You are building a tabletop. You will use the plan shown, except that you will make all dimensions 2 1/2 time as large. What will be the area of your tabletop?

Answer 1

109.375

Explanation:

We need to multiply all of the lengths and widths by 2 1/2 in order to make the dimensions 2 1/2 times larger.

For length:

`5(1)/(4)` x
`2(1)/(2)` = 13.125 or
`13(1)/(8)`

For width:

`3(1)/(3)` x
`2(1)/(2)` = 8.333 or
`8(1)/(3)`

Then to find the area use the equation:

A = l x w (Area = length x width)

And plug in the values:

A =
`13(1)/(8)` x
`8(1)/(3)` =
`(875)/(8)` or
`109(3)/(8)` or 109.375