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

a)what is the area of the pieces of fabric?(I already did this one)
b) jody decides to share the piece of fabric equally with her friend. what is the area of fabric each person gets?(didn't do this one)

Share equally with 1 friend?

So just divide your answer in a) by 2

Uthe12

To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width.

a) In this case, the length is 7/8 yard and the width is 4/5 yard.
So, the area of the fabric, denoted as A, is given by A = (7/8) * (4/5).

To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. So, the area is

A = (7 * 4) / (8 * 5) = 28/40 = 7/10 square yards.

Therefore, the area of the piece of fabric is 7/10 square yards.

b) If Jody decides to share the fabric equally with her friend, they will each get half of the total area.
To find the area each person gets, we divide the total area by 2.

Area per person = (7/10) / 2

To divide a fraction by a whole number, we multiply the fraction by the reciprocal of the number.
So, the area per person is

(7/10) * (1/2) = 7/20 square yards.

Therefore, each person will get 7/20 square yards of fabric.