Question

A wall in Marcus’s bedroom is 8 2/5 feet high and 16 2/3 feet long. If he paints 1/2 of the wall blue, how many square feet will be blue?

Answer 1

77 feet^2

Explanation:

Area of the wall is

8 2/5 × 18 1/3

42/5 × 55/3

14/5 × 55/1

14/1 × 11/1 = 154 feet^2

The area we want is half of this

77 feet^2

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