The family room in your house is 6 1/2 yards long and 5 3/4 yards wide. What is the area of your family room?
My answer: 6 1/2 x 5 3/4=
13/2 x 23/4=299/8
299/8=37.5
37.5 what?
I am not sure how to entirely answer the question. Can you tell me if I did this correctly.
Thank you
299/8=37.375 square yards
I got it wrong
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Is that a correct answer?!
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That’s what I got...
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To find the area of the family room, you need to multiply the length by the width.
Given the length of the room is 6 1/2 yards, you can convert it to an improper fraction: 6 1/2 = 13/2.
Similarly, the width is 5 3/4 yards, which can be converted to an improper fraction: 5 3/4 = 23/4.
Now you can multiply the length and width: (13/2) * (23/4).
To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators (top numbers) together and the denominators (bottom numbers) together: (13 * 23) / (2 * 4) = 299/8.
So, the area of your family room is 299/8 square yards.
To convert the fraction into a decimal, you divide the numerator by the denominator: 299 ÷ 8 = 37.375.
Therefore, the area of your family room is 37.375 square yards.