Arectangle is 2/5 in. long and 1/3 in. wide. what is the area of the rectangle? enter your answer in the box as a fraction in simplest form.

Funny I just answered the same exact question just a minute ago, but anyway the area formula is A=L*W, so that means that you need to multiply 2/5 times 1/3 to get the area. Once you do that it wants you to put it in the simplest form, which only means to reduce it down, unless it doesn't need too. Like if I got 10/20, the simplest form would be 1/2, because 10/20 is the same as 1/2, just reduced down. Apply the same logic to your problem and you will get your answer

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm