A rectangular tabletop has a length of 4 3/4 feet and an area of 11 7/8 square feet. What is the wigth of the tabletop?

Area=legnth times width

area=11 and 7/8

legnth=4 and 3/4

width=x

covvert to impropert fractions

11 and 7/8=88/8+7/8=95/8

4 and 3/4=16/4+3/4=19/4

95/8=19/4 times x

multiply boths ides by the inverse of 19/4 to make it one (multiply both sides by 4/19)

380/152=2 and 1/2

width=2 and 1/2 feet