Answer:
Zoila bought a rectangular rug. The rug is 8 feet long by 5 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?
Final Answer: The area of the rug is 1.6[tex]ft^{2}[/tex] .
Step-by-step explanation:
What is Ask? - What is the area of the rug?
Given - 8 feet long by 5 feet wide
Operation - Divide
Solution:
You can use Partial quotient or Algorithm or Box method dividing any number.
5 ÷ 8 = 1.3
But why 1.6?
Because it is the decimal form of it and it is an improper fraction.
[tex]\frac{8}{5}[/tex] OR 1.6 OR [tex]1\frac{3}{5}[/tex]
Final Answer: 1.6 [tex]ft^{2}[/tex] is the area of the rug.
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