The area of a rectangular rug is 35 5/32 aquare feet. Width is 5 5/8 feet, what is the length?

Answer 1

Area of a rectangle is length times width, in this problem we have width and area so we can enter them into the equation.

35 5/32 = length × 5 5/8

(first change to improper fractions)

1125/32 = l × 45/8

(length is being multiplied by 45/8 so we will do the opposite and divide by 45/8 which is multiplying by 8/45 to each side of the equal sign)

25/4=l or 6 1/4 feet