3/8 of square ABCD is overlapping with rectangle EFGH.Given that BC=12m and the length of EF is 1/3 of the length of FG.

Question

What fraction of the rectangle is not overlapping with the square.

Answer 1

You can determine from the information given that the area of the square is 144 m². The fraction of that area that overlaps with the rectangle is 3/8 of 144 or 36 m². At this point, however, we are missing a piece of information. We need one thing that links the dimensions of the rectangle to those of the square, but we have nothing. The relationship of the w and l of the rectangle alone is not sufficient for solving this problem.