SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 7/8 yd, and its width is 32/49 yd. What is its area in square yards? Please help.

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Question 117740: The length of a rectangle is 7/8 yd, and its width is 32/49 yd. What is its area in square yards?
Please help.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the length of a rectangle be and its width be
then area will be:

....substitute and

…………….
…………….simplify..(divide and by , as and by as well)



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