a.
To calculate: Area of the shaded portion
a.
Answer to Problem 54SR
Explanation of Solution
Giveninformation:
Length of the rectangle, L=25 units
Breadthof the rectangle, B=15 units
Shaded portion =
= 0.4 or 40% of the original rectangle (in decimal)
Formula used:
Area of a rectangle = L x B
Calculation:
Area of the rectangle = L x B
=
Area of the shaded portion =
b.
The better option.
b.
Answer to Problem 54SR
Decimal
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Using fractional value,
Area of the shaded portion =
Using decimal value,
Area of the shaded portion
In both the methods we may see that there isn’t much difference in steps or values for this problem as the fraction given here
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