Answer:
The formula to find the AREA of a rectangle is as shown A=l x w
L meaning Lenght, which in this case is 3 [tex]\frac{3}{4}[/tex] ft.
W meaning width, which in this case is 1 [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] ft.
Now that you know what the length and the width are, you want to multiply them like the formula A = l x w
A= 3 [tex]\frac{3}{4}[/tex] x 1 [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]
You want to create the fractions into a mixed number.
3 3/4 = 15/4
1 1/2 = 3/2
Now when you multiply it should look like this :
[tex]\frac{15*3 }{4*2}[/tex] or 15x3 / 4x2
This will get you the mixed number of 45/8
Then you can covert the mixed number to a whole number which will be
5 5/8
This will get you the final answer of 5 [tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] ft. This is your area.
I hope this helped.
