Question

The area of a rectangle is found by multiplying length times its width. What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 25/8 inches and a width of 24/5 inches?

Answer 1

Let the length be represented by L

And the width be represented by w

`A=l* w`

Given:

`\begin{gathered} l=(25)/(8)\text{inches} \\ w=(24)/(5)inches \\ A=l* w \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} A=l* w \\ A=(25)/(8)*(24)/(5) \\ A=(600)/(40) \\ A=15in^2 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the area of the rectangle is 15 square inches.