Question

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You are building a tabletop. You will use the plan shown, except that you will make all dimensions 2 1/2 time as large. What will be the area of your tabletop?

Answer 1

Answer:

109.375

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to multiply all of the lengths and widths by 2 1/2 in order to make the dimensions 2 1/2 times larger.

For length:

$5\frac{1}{4}$  x  $2\frac{1}{2}$ = 13.125 or $13\frac{1}{8}$

For width:

$3\frac{1}{3}$  x  $2\frac{1}{2}$ = 8.333 or $8\frac{1}{3}$

Then to find the area use the equation:

A = l x w (Area = length x width)

And plug in the values:

A = $13\frac{1}{8}$  x  $8\frac{1}{3}$ = $\frac{875}{8}$ or $109\frac{3}{8}$ or 109.375