A piece of fabric is 1/3 yard by 3 5/8 yards. Irma solves 1/3⋅3 5/8 to find the area of the fabric in square yards. Enter numbers to complete irma's calculation for the are…

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asked Sep 17, 2019 169k views

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Sedat Kilinc · Answer 1 · 2019-09-22T16:09:32+0000

For this case we have:

The area of the piece of fabric is given by
A = a * b

Where

a = (1)/(3)yards

b = 3 (5)/(8)yards

Substituting in the formula of the area we have:

$A = (1)/(3)* 3 (5)/(8)\\$

$A = (1)/(3)* (3 + (5)/(8))\\$

A = 1 + (5)/(24)

$A = 1(5)/(24)yards ^ 2\\$

Thus, the area of the piece of fabric is given by:
$A = 1(5)/(24)yards ^ 2\\$

Answer:

$A = 1(5)/(24)yards ^ 2\\$