Calculate Rectangle Area: Finding the Space of a 10 cm × 2.5 cm Rectangle ABCD

Question

Look at rectangle ABCD below.

Side AB is 10 cm long and side BC is 2.5 cm long.

What is the area of the rectangle?
1010102.52.52.5AAABBBCCCDDD

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 First, let's 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

Let's begin by multiplying side AB by side BC

If we insert the known data into the above equation we should obtain the following:

10×2.5=25 10\times2.5=25

Thus the area of rectangle ABCD equals 25.

Answer

25 cm²

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