Question

Ashley has a rectangle made out of paper that is 8 cm by12 cm. She folds it in half twice, first vertically and then horizontally. The new rectangle looks just like the original rectangle but smaller. What is the area of the new smaller rectangle in square cm

Answer 1

`Area =24cm^2`

Explanation:

Given

`L = 8cm`

`W = 12cm`

`r = 2` -- folded twice

Required

The area of the new rectangle

When the length was folder, the new length is:

`l = L/2 = 8cm/2 = 4cm`

When the width was folder, the new width is:

`w = W/2 = 12cm/2 = 6cm`

So, the new area is:

`Area =l * w`

`Area =4cm * 6cm`

`Area =24cm^2`