Gina made a triangle quilt that was 5 feet wide and 6 feet long. She used yellow fabric for 30% of the quilt. What was the area of the yellow fabric?

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9ft squared I believe that you'd have to times 5x6 which is 30 and she used 30% of yellow fabric so 30% of 30 is 9.
Five times six is thirty and divide that by two which is fifteen so since you need thirty percent you're going to have to multiply. So 15 times .3 which equals 4.5