Question

An area rug is 35/4 square meters with a length of 7/2 meters. What is the width, in meters, of the rug?

Answer 1

Area=35/4 m²
length=7/2m=14/4m

The formula is: area=length*width
So, 35/4=14/4m*width
divide both sides by 14/4
2 2/4m=width

The width is 2 1/2 meters or 2.5meters