Question

One of the tents you look at has a base measuring 3 metres long and 250 centimetres wide.

What is the area of the tent?  
 
m2

Answer 1

`7.50\ m^2`

Explanation:

The area of the rectangle can be calculated using formula

`A_(rectangle)=\text{length}\cdot \text{width}.`

Since the tent has a base measuring 3 metres long and 250 centimetres wide, then the length is 3 m and the width is 2 m 50 cm or 2.50 m.

Thus, the area is

`A_(tent)=3\cdot 2.50=7.50\ m^2.`