The area of a rectangular flower bed is 6 ½ square feet. The width of the flower bed is ¾ foot. What is the length?

Answer 1

6 1/2 divided by 3/4 =

13/2 x 4/3 = 26/3 = 8 2/3 feet long

or 6.5/0.75 = 8.666.... = 8.7 feet, rounded off to nearest decimal

use a calculator. 6 1/2 = 6.5, 3/4 = 0.75