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John has a rectangular field that is 12 meters by 6 meters, if he wants to divide the field into 8 sections, what would the area per section be?

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Answer:

9 Meters Squared

Explanation:

First multiply 6 by 12 to find the area of the whole field:


6*12=72

Then divide that area by 8:

72/8=9

So:

9 meters squared

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