Question

Veronica purchases a rug with a length of 16 feet and a width of 4 feet. One fourth of the rug is purple and the rest is blue. What is the area of the blue part of the rug?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is 48 ft²

Explanation:

Data

Dimensions of the rug = 16 ft x 4 ft

1/4 is purple

3/4 is blue

Blue area = ?

Process

1.- Calculate the area of the rug

Area = base x height

-Substitution

Area = 16 x 4

= 64 ft²

2.- Determine the blue area

64 ft² --------------------- 1

x --------------------- 3/4

x = (3/4)(64) / 1

x = 192/4

x = 48 ft²