SOLUTION: The Boyd family bought 2/3 of an acre of land. They turned 1/4 of it into a vegetable garden. What fraction of an acre is the size of their garden?
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Question 1038: The Boyd family bought 2/3 of an acre of land. They turned 1/4 of it into a vegetable garden. What fraction of an acre is the size of their garden? Answer by ddmskid2(2) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To Find the answer to this problem, you need to divide the 2/3 by 4 and then take that number as your answer.
To do this, divied 2/3 by 4/1.
To do that, take the reciprocal (Flip of the fraction) of 4/1 and then multiply it by 2/3.
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