Jody has a rectangular piece of fabric 7/8 yard long and 4/5 yard wide.
a=What is the area of the piece of fabric?
b=Jody decides to share the piece of fabric equally with her friend. What is the area of the piece of fabric each person gets?
(7/8)(4/5) = (7/5)(1/2) = 7/10 = 0.7 yards^2
7/20 = 0.35
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To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width. In this case, Jody's fabric has a length of 7/8 yard and a width of 4/5 yard.
a) To find the area, multiply the length and the width:
Area = (7/8) * (4/5)
To simplify the calculation, you can multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:
Area = (7 * 4) / (8 * 5)
Now, multiply the numerators and denominators:
Area = 28 / 40
To simplify the fraction, you can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD), which is 4:
Area = (28/4) / (40/4)
Area = 7/10
Therefore, the area of the piece of fabric is 7/10 square yards.
b) If Jody decides to share the fabric equally with her friend, they will each get half of the total area. So, to find the area that each person gets, divide the total area by 2:
Each person's area = (7/10) / 2
Dividing a fraction by 2 is the same as multiplying it by 1/2:
Each person's area = (7/10) * (1/2)
Multiply the numerators and denominators:
Each person's area = 7/20
Therefore, each person will get an area of 7/20 square yards.