Question

1. Nolan’s patio has an area of 5 86/8 ft squared
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(a) His neighbor wants to build a patio half the size of Nolan’s. Nolan told his neighbor to rewrite 5 86/8 as the
product of two rational numbers, one of which is 1/2 , and the second rational number will be the area of the
neighbor’s future patio. What is the second rational number? Explain.
(b) Does the second rational number actually represent the area of the neighbor’s future patio, as Nolan said?
Explain.
(c) What is the area of the neighbor’s future patio? Explain.