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The length of a rectangular wall is 16.5 feet. The height of the wall is 8.625 feet. Cameron determines the area of the wall to be 1423.125 square feet. Which best explains the reasonableness of Cameron’s solution?

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User Tryliom
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

By definition we have that the area of a rectangle is:

Ok so where the:

w which width

l which is long

When Substituting values we will have:

So for the Answer:

A stament that best explains the reasonableness of Cameron's solution is:

(C) Cameron's solution is unreasonable because 17x9 is 153, and 153 is not close to his product.

Substitute: A= 16.5 x 8.625

A = 142.3125 ft^2

And the rectangle is A=W x L

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User Shawn Aukstak
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Cameron solution is not reasonable, because it must have 4 decimals points, not three.
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User Ben Sturmfels
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