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Question

An illustration shows a rectangle of length 11.5 inches and width 4.4 inches. The lengths are vertically positioned and widths are horizontally positioned.

What is the area of the rectangle? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

(1 point)

Answer 1

To find the area of a rectangle, you use the formula:

$$\text{Area}=\text{length}\times \text{width}$$

In this case, the length is 11.5 inches and the width is 4.4 inches.

Calculating the area:

$$\text{Area}=11.5\times 4.4$$

Now, performing the multiplication:

$$11.5\times 4.4=50.6$$

Thus, the area of the rectangle is:

$$\boxed{{\displaystyle 50.6}}\text{ square inches}$$