Question

Evan bought a rectangular doormat that is 1_2 meter long and 3__10 meter wide. What is the area, in square meters, of the doormat?

Answer 1

3/20 m²

Explanation:

Here is the complete and clear question :

Evan bought A rectangular doormat that was 1/2 a meter long and 3/10 a meter wide. What is the area, in square meters, of the doormat?

Characteristics of a rectangle

1. A rectangle is a quadrilateral
2. It has two parallel sides
3. the diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other and they are equal in length

Area of a rectangle = length x breadth

Area of the rectangular doormat =
`(1)/(2)` ×
`(3)/(10)` =
`(3)/(20)` m²