To paint the wall blue, Marcus needs to cover an area that is 8 2/5 feet high and 16 2/3 feet long.
To find the area of the wall, we need to multiply the height by the length: 8 2/5 * 16 2/3 = 42/5 * 50/3 = 42 * 50 / 5 * 3 = 20 * 50 = <<42/5*50/3=1400>>1400 square feet.
Since Marcus is painting 1/2 of the wall blue, the blue area will be 1/2 * 1400 = <<1/2*1400=700>>700 square feet. Answer: \boxed{700}.
A walk in Marcus’s bedroom is 8 2/5 feet high and 16 2/3 feet long. If he paints 1/2 of the wall blue, how many square feet will be blue?
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