Joanne buys a rectangler rug with an area of 35/4 square meters. The length of the rug is 7/2 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rug?
6th grade
35/4 = 8.75 sq. m = area
7/2 = 3.5 m = L
A = LW
8.75 = 3.5 W
2.5 = W
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To find the width of the rug, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle:
Area = Length × Width
Given that the area of the rug is 35/4 square meters and the length is 7/2 meters, we can substitute these values into the formula:
35/4 = (7/2) × Width
To solve for the width, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by (7/2):
(35/4)/(7/2) = Width
Simplifying the expression on the left side:
(35/4) × (2/7) = Width
35/2 × 1/7 = Width
35/14 = Width
Therefore, the width of the rug is 35/14 meters, or simplified, 2.5 meters.