Question

Lee wants to cut this piece of canvas into two rectangles that are 3 x 2 and 3 x 5. He wants the sum of the areas of the two small rectangles to be the same as the area of the large rectangle. Can he do this? explain.

Answer 1

Yes.

If the original piece of canvas is 3 x 7.

3*7 = 21 square units

3*2 = 6
3*5 = 15

6+15 = 21

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

I had the exact same answer.!!!!

Answer 4

I got that he can do it my explaining is that he could he can't do this.