This has been asked before But I didn't understand it. Carl wants to plant a garden that is 1 1/2 yards long and has an area of 3 1/2 square yards. How wide should he make the garden?
a. 3/7 yard
b. 2 yards
c. 2 1/2 yards
d. 5 1/4 yards
Help please.
Area = length times width
3.5 = 1.5 * W
3.5 / 1.5 = W
2.333 = W
He should make the garden 2 1/3 yards wide.
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To find out how wide Carl should make the garden, we can use the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle:
Area = Length × Width
We know the length is 1 1/2 yards, which can be converted to an improper fraction as 3/2 yards. We also know the area is 3 1/2 square yards, which can be converted to an improper fraction as 7/2 square yards.
Substituting these values into the formula, we get:
7/2 = 3/2 × Width
To solve for Width, we need to isolate it. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 3/2:
(7/2) ÷ (3/2) = (3/2 × Width) ÷ (3/2)
Simplifying the left side of the equation, we get:
7/2 ÷ 3/2 = Width
This simplifies to:
7 ÷ 3 = Width
So the width of the garden should be 7/3 yards.
To select the closest answer choice, we can convert 7/3 yards to a mixed fraction. The mixed fraction representation of 7/3 is 2 1/3 yards. Comparing this to the answer choices, the closest option is:
c. 2 1/2 yards
Therefore, Carl should make the garden 2 1/2 yards wide.