Calculate Rectangle Area: 4.5 cm × 2 cm Geometric Problem

Question

Look at the rectangle ABCD below.

Side AB is 4.5 cm long and side BC is 2 cm long.

What is the area of the rectangle?
4.54.54.5222AAABBBCCCDDD

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Recall the rectangle area formula
00:07 Let's substitute the data into the formula
00:10 And that's the solution!

Step-by-Step Solution

We begin by multiplying side AB by side BC

We then substitute the given data and we obtain the following:

4.5×2=9 4.5\times2=9

Hence the area of rectangle ABCD equals 9

Answer

9 cm²