Question

The width of a picnic table is 3 times its length. If the length is 5/6 yd long, what is the area of the picnic table in square feet?

Answer 1

Answer:

The area of the picnic table is $18.75\ ft^{2}$ or $18\frac{3}{4}\ ft^{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

$1\ yd= 3\ ft$

Let

L-----> the length of the table

W----> the width of the table

the area of the table is

$A=LW$

Convert yards to feet

$L=\frac{5}{6}\ yd=\frac{5}{6}*3=\frac{5}{2}\ ft$

$W=3L$

$W=3(\frac{5}{2})=\frac{15}{2}\ ft$

substitute in the formula

$A=\frac{5}{2}(\frac{15}{2})=\frac{75}{4}=18.75\ ft^{2}$