Mr. lopez owns a home that sits on 7/8 of an acre. he has decided to plow up 1/4 of the property to create a garden. what fraction of an acre did he plow up

In math, "of" almost always means "times".

"The property" is 7/8 acre.

So "1/4 of the property" means "1/4 times 7/8 acre".

1/4 x 7/8 = (1 x 7) / (4 x 8)

That's 7/32 .

Mr. Lopez hasn't plowed up anything yet, but his plan is to plow up 7/32  acre for his garden.

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet