The Ruiz family is going to build a raised garden bed for planting flowers in. The bed will be 3/4 meters wide and 3 1/2 meters long. What will the area be when the bed is finished?
I need the expression

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anonymous · Answer

First, I would change the fractions to decimals. 

3/4=.75
1/2=.5

So now we have .75 and 3.5. I assume the garden bed is a rectangle because we are only given two sides. To find the area of a rectangle, take one side and multiply it by the other side.

0.75*3.5=?

anonymous · Answer

Thank you very much

anonymous · Answer

Your welcome.

anonymous · Answer

Also, if the answer choices are in fractions, 0.625=5/8

anonymous · Answer

Thank you again, I was trying to figure that out