Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide on a wall in the cafeteria. The banner will have a blue background. amira has enough blue paint to cover 1 1/2 square yar…

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Klamer Schutte · Answer 1 · 2017-02-18T13:33:45+0000

Area = width * height

Area = 1. 5 yards^2 = 3/2 yard^2

width = 2.25 yards = 9/4 yard

height = Area / width = 3/2 yard^2 / 9/4 yard = 2/3 yard