Question

a rectangle is 81/2 feet long and 31/2 feet wide. what is the area of the rectangle in square feet?

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle = length x width.

In this case, we can simply multiply the given value:

= 8 1/2 × 3 1/2
= 9/2 × 7/2
= 63/2
= 29 3/4

Therefore the answer is D. 29 3/4.

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