the are of a rectangular tablecloth is 4 1/6 square meters. the width of the tablecloth is 1 1/4 meters. what is the length of the table cloth?



Answer :

3 1/3 is the length of the table cloth

The length of the rectangular table cloth  is [tex]\mathbf{ 3\dfrac{1}{3} m}[/tex]

What is a rectangle?

A rectangle is a plane figure that has an equal size of the opposite side. These sides are called the length and the width.

Mathematically;

The area of the rectangle = Length × width

From the parameters given:

  • Area of a rectangle = 4 1/6 square meters.
  • The width = 1 1/4 meters

Using the formula for the area of a rectangle, we have:

[tex]\mathbf{4 \dfrac{1}{6} m^2 =length \times 1 \dfrac{1}{4} \ m }[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{ \dfrac{25}{6} m^2 =length \times \dfrac{5}{4} \ m }[/tex]

Multiply both sides by [tex]\mathbf{\dfrac{4}{5}\times \dfrac{1} {m}}[/tex]; we have:

[tex]\mathbf{ \dfrac{25}{6} m^2 \times \mathbf{\dfrac{4}{5}\times \dfrac{1} {m}} =length \times \dfrac{5}{4} \ m \times \mathbf{\dfrac{4}{5}\times \dfrac{1} {m}}}[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{ length = \dfrac{25}{6} m \times \mathbf{\dfrac{4}{5}} }[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{ length = \dfrac{5}{3} m \times \mathbf{\dfrac{2}{1}} }[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{ length = \dfrac{10}{3} m}[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{ length = 3\dfrac{1}{3} m}[/tex]

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