Question

Kristen made sails for a model boat. She cut along the diagonal of a rectangular piece of cloth to make two sails, shown.

A) 2 1/3 ft
B) 2 7/12 ft
C) 4 2/3 ft
D) 9 1/3 ft

Answer 1

2 1/3 ft^2

Explanation:

Take the area of the rectangle

A = l *w

4 * 1 1/6

4 * 7/6

28/6

Divide this in half since the rectangle is cut in half by using the diagonal

28/6 *1/2

28/12

7/3

Changing to a mixed number

2 1/3