explain how finding the area of a rectangle with whole number side lengths compares to finding the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths

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blurbendy · Answer

do you know what the area of a rectangle is?

anonymous · Answer

no  sorry

anonymous · Answer

it is just talking about  regular fraction problems

anonymous · Answer

with multiplication

blurbendy · Answer

the area of a rectangle is just

length times width

but a rectangle with fractional lengths means that the sides of the rectangle will always be less than one

here is an example

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