SOLUTION: Explain how to determine the number of square feet required to cover your rectangular garden that has a length of 10 feet and a width of 8 feet?

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Question 748558: Explain how to determine the number of square feet required to cover your rectangular garden that has a length of 10 feet and a width of 8 feet?
Answer by timvanswearingen(106) About Me  (Show Source):
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Square feet, or any other "square" unit would imply that you are looking for the area.
The area of a rectangle is given by:
A=l%2Aw
Where A is the area, l is the length and w is the width. So:
A=l%2Aw
A=10ft%2A8ft
A=80ft%5E2