Question

Penelope has a rectangular garden in her backyard the garden is 5 1/2 feet long and 1 1/5 feet wide what is the area of the garden

Answer 1

Solution

- The area of a rectangle is

$\begin{gathered} A=l\times w \\ where, \\ l=length \\ w=width \end{gathered}$

- The rectangular garden's area can thus be found by finding the product of its length 51/2 feet and its width 1 1/5 feet.

- This is done below:

$\begin{gathered} A=5\frac{1}{2}\times1\frac{1}{5} \\ \\ A=6.6ft^2 \end{gathered}$

Final Answer

The Area of the rectangular garden is 6.6 square feet