jody has a rectangular piece of fabric 7/8 yard long and 4/5 yard wide. What is the area of the piece of fabric

(7/8)(4/5) = 28/40 = 7/10 yard

To find the area of a rectangular piece of fabric, you need to multiply its length by its width. In this case, the length is 7/8 yard and the width is 4/5 yard.

To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators together to get the numerator of the result and multiply the denominators together to get the denominator of the result.

So, in this case, the area of the fabric can be calculated as:

(7/8) * (4/5) = (7 * 4) / (8 * 5) = 28 / 40

The fraction 28/40 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4:

28 ÷ 4 / 40 ÷ 4 = 7/10

Therefore, the area of the rectangular piece of fabric is 7/10 square yards.