Answer:
width = 3 1/4 yards
Explanation:
The area of a rectangle is given by the formula: area = (length*width). given the area and the length, we can rearrange the formula: (area/length) = width, then, remplacing the values we got: [tex]14\frac{1}{2} square yards / 4\frac{1}{3} yards = width[/tex], then, we rearrange the fraction as follows: [tex]14\frac{1}{2}square yards= \frac{(14*12)+1}{2}=\frac{169}{12}square yards[/tex] ; and [tex]4\frac{1}{3} yards= \frac{(4*3)+1}{3}=\frac{13}{3} yards[/tex], then [tex]\frac{\frac{169}{12} }{\frac{13}{3} } yards= \frac{169*3}{12*13}yards = \frac{507}{156}yards[/tex], and finally we simplify [tex]\frac{\frac{507}{13} }{\frac{153}{13} } =\frac{\frac{39}{3} }{\frac{12}{3} } yards=3\frac{1}{4}yards[/tex]
