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) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the length of a rectangle be a+=%287%2F8%29yd and its width be b=%2832%2F49%29+yd
then area A will be:

A+=+a%2Ab....substitute a and b
A+=+%287%2F8%29yd%2A%2832%2F49%29yd
A+=+%287%2F8%29%2832%2F49%29yd%5E2…………….
A+=+%28%287%2A32%29%2F%288%2A49%29%29yd%5E2…………….simplify..(divide 7 and 49 by 7, as 8 and 32 by 8 as well)
A+=+%28%281%2A4%29%2F%281%2A7%29%29yd%5E2
A+=+%284%2F7%29yd%5E2