Question

Juan and Matthew each have gardens. Juan's garden is 16 feet long and 12 feet wide. Matthew's garden is 18 feet long and 21 feet wide. Area is found by multiplying length and width. What is the total area of the two gardens?

Answer 1

570 ft²

Explanation:

Basically, you find the area of Juan and Matthew's gardens then add them up.

First let's find the area of Juan's garden.

Area is equal to length times width (
`a = lw`)

So you do 16 * 12 which equals 192.

Now let's find the area of Matthew's garden.

So you do 18 * 21 which equals 378.

Then you add up both areas.

192 + 378 = 570