If a rectangle measures 8 feet on the short side and 9.8 feet on the long side.What is the area of the rectangle in square feet?
2 Answers
Apr 20, 2018
Explanation:
Multiply the length and width of the rectangle to find its area:
Remember your units!
Apr 20, 2018
If the decimal is giving you a problem consider this approach.
Explanation:
We have:
But 9.8 is the same as
So re-write as:
Now we multiply by