Question

Roger and Joanne are planting a rectangular garden. The garden is 5 and one half ft
by 13 ft. They want to use half of the garden for cucumbers and half of the garden for tomatoes. They decide to separate the garden into two right triangles as shown. What is the area of the tomato part of the​ garden?
5 and one half ft
13 ft
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
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Part 1
The area of the tomato part of the garden is
  
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Answer 1

Area of rectangle = 5.5 × 13 = 71.5 ft². Half of that (one triangle) = 71.5 / 2 = 35.75 ft².

So the tomato part is 35.75 ft² ( = 143/4 ft² = 35 3/4 ft²).