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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone help me please? Storyproblem.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You are building a rectangular planter for your school garden. You want the area of the bottom to be 90ft2. You want the length width. What should the dimensions of the bottom of the planter be?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You want to draw a picture, the area or a rectangle is Area = Length * Width so if the Area is 90 ft^2. then you need to find two numbers that will multiply together to equal 90

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9 and 10 would work

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But it's 90ft^2 So should it equal 180 then?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no, 9ft*10ft is 90 ft*ft or 90 ft^2 (squared

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