Question

Anna and Alice share a rectangle bedroom that is 18 feet long and 14 feet wide. they split the room into two halves by placing a piece of tape from the northwest corner of the room to the southeast corner of the room. what is the area of each girls half of the room?

Answer 1

126 is the area of one hafe of the room

Answer 2

The area of the whole room = 14 × 18 = 252

Since they divide it by half, divide the are by 2.

252 ÷ 2 = 126

Answer = 126 ft²

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