Question

Roger and Joanne are planting a rectangular garden. The garden is 5 and one half ft
by 15 ft. They want to use half of the garden for tomatoes and half of the garden for cucumbers. They decide to separate the garden into two right triangles as shown. What is the area of the cucumber part of the​ garden?
5 and one half ft
15 ft
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
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Part 1
The area of the cucumber part of the garden is
  
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Answer 1

Area of rectangle = 5.5 × 15 = 82.5 ft². Each right triangle is half the rectangle, so cucumber area = 82.5 ÷ 2 = 41.25 ft² (or 41 1/4 ft²).