Question 1109599: You have been asked to find the area of a thin strip of cloth which goes around a mat. The strip is 24 feet long but only half an inch wide. 1. Calculate the area in both square feet and square inches.
2. Which unit seems most appropriate to use in this situation? Explain your reasoning.
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In square feet it is 24feet*(1/24) feet, where the 1/24 is the fraction of a foot that 1/2 inch is.
That is 1 ft^2.
In square inches, it is 288 inches*(1/2) inch=144 sq inches.
The second is more useful from the standpoint of the strip, because the width is 1/2 inch and it is quite easy to know the length if one knows the area or vice versa.
The first is more useful in comparing it to the mat, which probably has ft^2 units.
Both have their place
1 ft^2 is 144 in^2.
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