Question

The Barga school grows lettuce and other vegetablesfor school lunches. The school garden is 8.4 meterslong and 6.4 meters wide. The section used to growlettuce is 2.2 meters long and 0.8 meter wide Howmany square meters of ground does the garden cover?How many square meters of the garden is used togrow lettuceShow your work

Answer 1

Given:

The school garden is 8.4 meters long and 6.4 meters wide.

so, the area of the garden = 8.4 x 6.4 = 53.76 square meters

And The section used to grow lettuce is 2.2 meters long and 0.8 meter wide

so, the area of the garden is used to grow lettuce= 2.2 x 0.8 = 1.76 square meters