Question

The width of the rectangle is 60% of its length of 40 ft. What is the area of the rectangle?

Answer 1

The AREA of the triangle is 960. 60% of 40 is 24. Multiply that by 40 to find the area and you get 960.

Answer 2

24

Explanation:

60% of 40 is 24 because to find a percentage, multiply the percent you are trying to find (60%) by the number you are trying to find percent of (40) and divide the answer of 60x40 by 100. 60x40 is 2,400. 2,400 divided by 100 is 24. The width of the rectangle is 24ft