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1. Ms. Oates is going to plant grass in her backyard. It is 14feet wide and 20.5 feet long. What is the area of thebackyard that will need to be covered with grass?

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Area of a rectangle is given by the expression:


A=\text{base}* height

Then:


\begin{gathered} A=20.5*14 \\ A=287\text{ square f}eet \end{gathered}

The area that will need to be covered is 287 square feet.

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