Question

A countertop is 16ft long & 3ft wide what is the area in square meters

Answer 1

Find out the area of the countertop in square meters .

To proof

As given

A countertop is 16ft long & 3ft wide.

A countertop is in the shape of the rectangle.

FORMULA

Area of a rectangle = length × breadth

long = 16ft

wide = 3ft

put the value

we get

Area of a countertop = 16 ×3

= 48 feet²

1 meter = 3.281 feet

`1feet = (1)/(3.281) meter`

convert Area of a countertop in square meters

`= (48*1*1)/(3.281*3.281)`

= 4.461 m² ( approx )

Hence proved