A rectangular tabletop has a length of 4 3/4 feet and an area of 11 7/8 square feet. What is the wigth of the tabletop?

Area=legnth times width

area=11 and 7/8

legnth=4 and 3/4

width=x

covvert to impropert fractions

11 and 7/8=88/8+7/8=95/8

4 and 3/4=16/4+3/4=19/4

95/8=19/4 times x

multiply boths ides by the inverse of 19/4 to make it one (multiply both sides by 4/19)

380/152=2 and 1/2

width=2 and 1/2 feet

Length of the rectangular tabletop = 4 3/4 feet

= 19/4 feet

Let us assume the width of the rectangular table = x feet

Area of the rectangular tabletop = 11 7/8 square feet

= 95/8 square feet

Then

Area = length * width

95/8 = 19x/4

19x * 8 = 95 * 4

x = (95 * 4) / (19 * 8)

= 5/2 feet

= 2 1/2 feet

So the width of the rectangular tabletop is 2 1/2 feet. i hope the procedure for finding the solution is easy enough for you to understand.