Question

Heidi wants to reduce the area of her rectangular flower bed by one-fifth. The expression
1/5lw can be used to represent this change. What is another way to write this expression?
Group of answer choices

0.2 l x 0.2 w

0.1 l w

0.1l x 0.1w

(0.2) lw

Answer 1

To rewrite the expression \(\frac{1}{5}lw\) in a different form, we can find an equivalent decimal representation for \(\frac{1}{5}\).

The fraction \(\frac{1}{5}\) equals \(0.2\) when expressed as a decimal.

Thus, we can rewrite the expression as:

\[
(0.2)lw
\]

Therefore, the correct choice among the provided options is:

**(0.2) lw**