Jordan is cutting a 2 \text{ m}2 m2, space, m by 1\dfrac14\text{ m}1 4 1 ​ m1, start fraction, 1, divided by, 4, end fraction, space, m piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal. Find the area of each of the pieces.

Jordan is cutting 2 meters by [tex] 1 \frac{1}{4} [/tex] m piece of rectangular paper into 2 pieces along its diagonal.What is the area of each of the pieces.Length of rectangular paper = 2 mwidth of rectangular paper = [tex] 1 \frac{1}{4} [/tex] = [tex] \frac{5}{4} [/tex] Area of rectangle = Length * width= 2 * [tex] \frac{5}{4} [/tex] = [tex] \frac{10}{4} [/tex] Diagonal divides the rectangle into two pieces.So we divide the area by 2Area of each piece =[tex] \frac{\frac{10}{4}}{2} [/tex] = [tex] \frac{5}{4} [/tex]