Question

A piece of paper is in the shape of a rectangle. The piece of paper is 1 inches (in.) wide and 8 in. long. Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 5.17.11 PM.png
A student cuts the piece of paper in the following order: The student cuts off inch from the width. The student cuts off inch from the length. The student cuts the remaining piece of paper into 12 equally long pieces of paper. What is the area of each of the 12 equally long pieces of paper? Explain your answer completely and show all your work. Include in your explanation an equation you can use to find the area of each of the 12 equally long pieces of paper. Enter your answer, your explanation, your work, and your equation.

Answer 1

Area of small rectangle = $\frac{7}{4}$ × $\frac{1}{3}$ = 0.5833 inch²

Given:

A piece of paper is in the shape of a rectangle. The piece of paper is 1 inches wide and 8 inches long.

A student cuts the piece of paper in the following order: The student cuts off inch from the width. The student cuts off inch from the length.

The student cuts the remaining piece of paper into 12 equally long pieces of paper.

To find:

What is the area of each of the 12 equally long pieces of paper?

Explanation:

Refer below attached figure.

When student cut 1 inches width and 1 inch long remaining part = 1 inches width and 7 inch long.

Cut it according to the figure.

Area of small rectangle = $\frac{7}{4}$ × $\frac{1}{3}$ = 0.5833 inch²

To learn more....

1)what is the area of rectangle with length {3}^{3} metre and width of {9}^{-2

https://brainly.in/question/3766970

2)The length of a rectangle is 7.1 cm and its breadth is 2.5 cm what is the area of rectangle

https://brainly.in/question/4007494