Question

the area of the rectangle is 9 1/3 square yards the length is 3 and 1/2 yards what is the width in yards

Answer 1

`(8)/(3) yards` i.e.
`2(2)/(3) yards`

Explanation:

We are given that the area of the rectangle is:

`9(1)/(3) =(28)/(3)` square yards

Length of rectangle is
`3(1)/(2) =(7)/(2)` yards

Now we are supposed to calculate the width of the rectangle .

First consider the formula of the area of rectangle i.e.

Area = Length*Width

Now put the given values

⇒
`(28)/(3)=(7)/(2) * Width`

⇒
`(28)/(3)*(2)/(7)= Width`

⇒
`(8)/(3) = Width`

Thus The width of the rectangle is

`(8)/(3) yards` i.e.
`2(2)/(3) yards`