Asked by Tyse
which has the greater area: a square with a side that measures 7 meters, or a 6-by-8 meter rectangle?
Answers
Answered by
Ms. Sue
4 * 7 = 28 square meters
6 * 8 = ______ square meters
6 * 8 = ______ square meters
Answered by
Ms. Sue Is Wrong!
The answer presented by Ms. Sue is incorrect.
Forehand, let us identify the formulae used to extract the area of both a square and a rectangle.
The formula a^2 (where a is a measure of a side of the square) can be used to figure out the area.
Applying a=7 in the above formula, we have,
Area of square = 7^2=49.
Similarly, the formula l*b (where a is the length of the rectangle and b is the breadth of the rectangle) can be used to figure out the area of a rectangle.
Applying l=6 and b=8 in the formula, we have,
Area of rectangle = 6*8 = 48
The area of rectangle is one less than the area of square. Therefore, the square with a side that measures 7 meters has greater area than the rectangle with a 6-by-8 measurement.
Forehand, let us identify the formulae used to extract the area of both a square and a rectangle.
The formula a^2 (where a is a measure of a side of the square) can be used to figure out the area.
Applying a=7 in the above formula, we have,
Area of square = 7^2=49.
Similarly, the formula l*b (where a is the length of the rectangle and b is the breadth of the rectangle) can be used to figure out the area of a rectangle.
Applying l=6 and b=8 in the formula, we have,
Area of rectangle = 6*8 = 48
The area of rectangle is one less than the area of square. Therefore, the square with a side that measures 7 meters has greater area than the rectangle with a 6-by-8 measurement.
Answered by
Ms. Sue
Yes, I goofed on the area of the square. Thanks for correcting my mistake.
Answered by
bobpursley
One ought to be really careful using XXXX is wrong. Better fashion, is to say, I think there is an error above, I think it should be xxxx because yyyy.
MsSue in in hundreds of posts very on track, but she, like a lot of folks, occasionally make a flub. It is not something to cause great joy and celebration. Actually, that usually is juvenile, and expected of middle school know it alls.
Thanks for catching it.
MsSue in in hundreds of posts very on track, but she, like a lot of folks, occasionally make a flub. It is not something to cause great joy and celebration. Actually, that usually is juvenile, and expected of middle school know it alls.
Thanks for catching it.
Answered by
damiansandow
Noted, though my intention wasn't to disparage Ms. Sue. My apologies if I offended you, English isn't my first language.