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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the area of a rectangle with length of 6 inches and width of 2 feet. In sq. ft.: In sq. in.:

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

In order to calculate the area, you need to know the length and width in both inches and feet.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay how do i figure out square fee and square inches

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What's Area formula for rectangular?

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

Once you have the width and length, you would calculate the area using the appropriate units. Do you know how to calculate the area of a rectangle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes its 12

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

What is 12?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

area of the rectangle is 12 plus 4 so the area is 16 sorry about that

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

in what units? I'm not sure what you are saying? The area of a rectangle is equal to the width times the length. In order for the area to be in units of sq in, you would have to multiply the length and width given in inches.

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