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A rectangular board is 1200 millimeters long and 900 millimeters wide what is the area of the board in square meters? do not round your answer

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Answer: Area of the rectangular board is 1.08 square meters

The length of the rectangular board = 1200 milimeters

The width of the rectangular board = 900 milimeters

Area of a rectangle = Length x width

Firstly, we need to convert the milimeter to meters

1000mm = 1m

1200mm = xm

Cross multiply

x * 1000 = 1200 x 1

1000x = 1200

Divide both sides by 1000

x = 1200/100

x = 1.2 meters

For the width

1000mm = 1m

900mm = xm

cross multiply

1000 * x = 900 * 1

1000x = 900

Divide both sides by 1000

x = 900/1000

x = 0.9m

Length = 1.2 meters

Width = 0.9 meter

Area = length x width

Area = 1.2 x 0.9

Area = 1.08 square meters

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