Question

Tricia's garden is 9.87 meters long and 1.09 meters wide. what is the area of her garden?

Answer 1

the answer to the problem is 10.7583

Answer 2

The area of any rectangle is the product of (length) x (width).

For Tricia's garden, that's (9.87 meters) x (1.09 meters).

I'll let you do the multiplying on your calculator.
Don't forget that the area will be in "square meters".