A student artist painted a mural on the wall under a bridge. The dimensions of the mural are 5 1/3 ft by 9 9/20 ft. What is the area of the​ mural?

Answer 1

Hello, thank you for taking the time to post your question!

In order to solve this one you want multiply the dimension values together in order to get the total area.

For this question that means taking

5_1/3 feet x 9_9/20 feet

=16/3 feet x 189/20 feet

=3024/60 feet^2

=50.4 feet^2

So the ending area of the mural here would be 50.4 square feet.

I hope that helps get you moving in the right direction! Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions beyond that :)

Answer 2

(5 1/3)(9 9/20)

(16/3)(189/20) convert to improper fractions

(16)(63/20) reduce 3 and 189

(4)(63/5) reduce 16 and 20

252/5 multiply

50 2/5 convert to mixed number