A sandbox has an area of 28 square feet. The length is 5\frac{1}{2}5 1 2 feet.
What is the width of the sandbox? Express your answer as an improper fraction.
5 1/2
do any body know how to solv it
L * W = Area
5.5 * W = 28
Solve for W.
To find the width of the sandbox, we can use the formula for finding the area of a rectangle:
Area = Length x Width
Given that the area of the sandbox is 28 square feet and the length is 5 1/2 feet, we can substitute these values into the formula:
28 = (5 1/2) x Width
To multiply 5 1/2 by the width, we need to convert 5 1/2 into an improper fraction.
To convert a mixed number into an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. The result becomes the new numerator, and the denominator remains the same.
So, 5 1/2 can be written as (5 * 2 + 1) / 2, which equals 11/2.
Now we can rewrite the equation:
28 = (11/2) x Width
To isolate the Width, we can divide both sides of the equation by (11/2), which is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal:
(28) / (11/2) = Width
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction:
(28) x (2/11) = Width
Simplifying the expression:
(28 * 2) / 11 = Width
56/11 = Width
Therefore, the width of the sandbox is expressed as an improper fraction 56/11.