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

$A=l\times w$

Given:

$\begin{gathered} l=\frac{25}{8}\text{inches} \\ w=\frac{24}{5}inches \\ A=l\times w \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} A=l\times w \\ A=\frac{25}{8}\times\frac{24}{5} \\ A=\frac{600}{40} \\ A=15in^2 \end{gathered}$

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