Question

A counter top is 18 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the area of the counter top in square meters? Use the conversion 1 foot = 0.305 meter. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.

Answer 1

Area of the counter top is
`5.02\ m^2`.

Explanation:

Given:

Length of the Counter top = 18 feet

Width of the counter top = 3 feet

We need to find the area of the counter top is square meter;

Solution:

Now we need to find the area of the counter top is square meter.

But given data is in feet so we will first convert feet into meters.

1 foot = 0.305 meter.

So 18 feet = Number of meters in 18 feet.

By Using Unitary method we get;

Number of meters in 18 feet =
`18* 0.305 = 5.49\ m`

Length of the Counter top = 5.49 m

Also 3 feet = Number of meters in 3 feet.

Again Using Unitary method we get;

Number of meters in 3 feet =
`3* 0.305 = 0.915\ m`

Width of the counter top = 0.915 m

Now we know that;

Area of the counter top can be calculated by multiplying Length of the counter top with width of the counter top.

framing in equation form we get;

Area of the counter top =
`5.49* 0.915 = 5.0233\ m^2`

Rounding up to 2 decimals we get;

Area of the counter top =
`5.02\ m^2`

Hence Area of the counter top is
`5.02\ m^2`.