Question

A rectangle has a length of 8 inches

and a width of 6 inches.
What is the area of the rectangle?

Answer 1

We can find the area of the rectangle using the formula below.

Area = length × width

Since the length is 8 inches and the width is 6 inches, we can plug this information into the formula to get (8 in.)(6 in.)

which simplifies to 48 in.².

So the area of the rectangle is 48 in.².

Answer 2

A = 48 inches ^2

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle is found by

A = lw

A = 8* 6

A = 48 inches ^2