Jordan is cutting a 2 meter by 1 1/4 meter into two pieces by its diagonal line

Question:

Jordan is cutting a 2 meter by meter piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal. what is the area of each of the pieces?

Area of each piece of paper is .

Solution:

Length of the paper = 2 m

Width of the paper =   m =   m

Area of the rectangle = length × width

Diagonal of a rectangle divides it into two equal parts.

Area of each piece = Area of the rectangle ÷ 2

Area of each piece of paper is .

step-by-step explanation:

divide, then simplify your answer.

1. make -15.66 ÷   5.8 a fraction. then divide.

2. simplify.  

3. final answer.