Question 227123: hello my name is anthony and i am haveing a problem with solving word problems and it is using formulas to solve equations and please explain it the best way you can step by step so i can understand how to do it and i am new at this?
Find the area of a rectangle when the length is 24.2cm and the width is 14cm
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of a rectangle is equal to
it's length multiplied by it's width.
In algebra, you can use letters to
represent anything that can be expressed
as a number.
For instance, if I know a certain length is
7 meters, I can write
 , where  is the length
If I know that a certain time is 2 hours,
I can write  , where  is the time
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As for your problem,
 cm
 cm
Now I'll call  the area, so
The area is 388.8 square cm
You can also figure out what the units are for your answer
by just putting units alone into the equation
 or units = square cm
If the problem was to find the volume of
a square box, the equation would be
 ,where  is the height of the box
 or, units = cubic cm
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