document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=572884>Question 572884</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> suppose two sides of a rectangle measure 28 cm and 840 mm what is the area of the rectangle </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #368611 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathsmiles><B>mathsmiles(68)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathsmiles><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mathsmiles><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=368611\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Aha!  Tricky!  They put the length and width in different metrics.  First, we need to convert one of them to get the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "28cm and 840mm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's convert cm to mm (because there will be more mm than cm we won't have to deal with decimal points).  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "28cm = 10*28mm = 280mm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of a rectangle formula is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = L x W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 280 x 840<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 235200 mm^2  (millimeter squared)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now this looks weird.  We should convert it back to cm <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 235200/10 cm^2 = 23520 cm^2  But even that looks weirdly big:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 23520/10 dm^2 = 2352 dm^2  (decimeter squared)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or go all out and convert to meters squared:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 235.2 m^2  (meters squared) </SPAN>\n" );
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