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20 June, 05:39

The Area of a rectangular patio is 5 5/8 square yards, and it's length is 1 1/2 yards. What is the patio's width, in yards?

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  1. 20 June, 09:32
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    Take both mixed numbers (a whole number plus a fraction) and turn them into improper fractions (a numerator (top number) bigger than the denominator (bottom number). To do this, multiply the denominator by the whole number, and add the result to the numerator.

    5 5/8 will become 45/8

    1 1/2 will become 3/2.

    Area is length * width, so width would be Area / length. So 45/8 is the area and 3/2 is the length. Now you have (45/8) / (3/2). To divide fractions, take the second fraction and flip the numerator and denominator, forming the reciprocal (2/3). Now multiply 45/8 and 2/3

    The result is 90/24, and simplifying would get 15/4, or 3 3/4. This is the width (or length)
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