Question

A tabletop has a measurement of 2.8 meters by 1.6 meters. What is the area in square meters?

2 question
If your brother cut 0.3 meters off of one side, how would that affect the area of the tabletop?

Answer 1

2.8 m * 1.6m = 4.48m^2

Question 2:
2.5 m * 1.6m = 4m^2
2.8m * 1.3m = 3.64m^2