Question

Joey and Alex have been assigned art projects. Joey plans on creating his piece on a square canvas that has 12 inch sides. Alex is going to use a rectangular canvas that has the same area as Joey’s and one side of the canvas is 8 inches. What is the measurement of the other side of Alex’s rectangular canvas?

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

joeys canvas area = 12 × 12 = 144

Alexs canvas area = 12 x __ = 144

144 ÷ 12 = 18