Question

Coral created a painting that was 4 1/3 ft long and 1 1/5 ft wide.

What was the area of Coral's painting?

Answer 1

hi!!

Answer 2

hi

Answer 3

area is the product, compute
\[\huge 4\tfrac{1}{3}\times 1\tfrac{1}{5}\]

Answer 4

probably easier if you write them as improper fractions and compute
\[\frac{13}{3}\times \frac{6}{5}\]

Answer 5

cancel first, multiply last

Answer 6

26 1
-- comes out to 5 --
5 5

Answer 7

Or rather,

1
5 -- feet. @misty1212 did a good job explaining it.
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