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Mandy bought a rectangular shelf that is 1 2/3 feet long and 5/8 feet wide. What is the area of the shelf? Enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest form by filling in the boxes. $ ft²

Sagot :

The area of a rectangular shelf with length of 1 2 / 3 ft and width of 5 / 8 ft is  [tex]1\frac{1}{24}[/tex] ft

How to find area of a rectangle?

A rectangle is a quadrilateral. It has 2 opposite sides equal to each other.

Therefore,

area of rectangle = lw

where

  • l = length
  • w = width

Therefore,

length = 1  2 / 3  = 5 / 3 ft

width = 5 / 8 ft

area = 5 / 3 × 5 / 8

area = 25 / 24 ft

area = [tex]1\frac{1}{24}[/tex] ft

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