The area of a rectangle is #5 4/5# square meters. The width of the rectangle is #2 1/4# meter. How long is the rectangle?
1 Answer
Dec 17, 2015
Explanation:
First, convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions.
Next, we need to know that the area of a rectangle is equal to its length times its width, expressed algebraically as
From the question, we know that
To find just