Question

I'm an older woman and I'm confused A rectangular piece of land has dimensions 550ft by 200ft. Find the area of the land to be enclosed by the fence.

Answer 1

Remember that

The area of a rectangle is equal to

A=L*W

where

L is the length

W is the width

In this problem

L=550 ft

W=200 ft

substitute the given values in the formula

A=550*200

A=110,000 ft2

the area is 110,000 square feet