Alison is growing basil in a rectangular section of her garden. This section is 5/6 yards long and has an area of 1/6 square yard. What is the width of the section?
A. 1/5 Yard
B. 5/18 yard
C. 1/2 yard
D. 2 1/2 yard
Since the section is 5/6 yards long and you do not know the width, we can set the width as the variable x Therefore: Area = length × width Area = 1/6 5/6(x) = 1/6 multiply the reciprocal of 5/6 (6/5) on both sides x = 1/6(6/5) x = 1/5 A. 1/5 Yard
