Jody has a rectangular piece of fabric 7/8 yard long and 4/5 yard wide.

A. What is the Área of the piece of fabric?

B. Jody decides to share the piece of fabric equally with her friend. What is the área of the piece of fabric each person gets?

PLEASE HELP MEEE!!

A. Multiply (7/8) * (4/5)

B. Divide the area by 2.

To find the area of a rectangle, you use the formula: Area = Length × Width.

A.
Given that the length of the fabric is 7/8 yard and the width is 4/5 yard, you can multiply these two values to find the area:
Area = (7/8) × (4/5)
To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:
Area = (7 × 4) / (8 × 5)
Simplifying the fractions gives us:
Area = 28/40
To reduce the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 4:
Area = 7/10
Therefore, the area of the piece of fabric is 7/10 square yards.

B.
To find the area of the piece of fabric each person gets when it is shared equally between Jody and her friend, you need to divide the total area by the number of people.
Since the fabric is shared equally between two people, you can divide the area by 2:
Area per person = (7/10) ÷ 2
To divide a fraction by a whole number, you multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the whole number:
Area per person = (7/10) × (1/2)
Multiplying the fractions gives us:
Area per person = 7/20
Therefore, each person would get 7/20 square yards of fabric.