SOLUTION: A rectangle is 7 inches long and 4 inches wide.
The length of the rectangle is increased to 10 inches and the width is reduced to 2 inches.
What is the change in area of the
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Question 986518: A rectangle is 7 inches long and 4 inches wide.
The length of the rectangle is increased to 10 inches and the width is reduced to 2 inches.
What is the change in area of the rectangle?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
Original area
= 7 x 4 = 28 ins^2
Second area
= 10 x 2 = 20 ins^2
28 - 20 ins^2 = 8 ins^2
Hope this helps :-)
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