A rectangular laboratory tray is 1/2 feet by 4/3 feet. Find the area.
1/2*4/3
=4/6
=2/3
=.67
To find the area of a rectangular tray, you need to multiply its length and width.
Given that the length is 1/2 feet and the width is 4/3 feet, you can calculate the area as follows:
Area = length × width
Area = 1/2 feet × 4/3 feet
To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators (the top numbers) to get the new numerator, and multiply the denominators (the bottom numbers) to get the new denominator.
Area = (1 × 4)/(2 × 3) feet²
Area = 4/6 feet²
Simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which in this case is 2.
Area = (4 ÷ 2)/(6 ÷ 2) feet²
Area = 2/3 feet²
Therefore, the area of the rectangular laboratory tray is 2/3 square feet.
To find the area of a rectangular tray, you need to multiply the length by the width. In this case, the dimensions of the tray are given as 1/2 feet by 4/3 feet.
To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators together to get the new numerator, and multiply the denominators together to get the new denominator.
So, for this problem:
Area = (1/2) * (4/3)
Multiplying the numerators (1 * 4) gives you 4, and multiplying the denominators (2 * 3) gives you 6.
Area = 4/6
The fraction 4/6 can be simplified by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2. Simplifying, we get:
Area = (4/2) / (6/2)
= 2/3
Therefore, the area of the rectangular tray is 2/3 square feet.
Area = lxw
= (1/2)(4/3) square feet
= 2/3 square feet