Cara and Beejal make a poster for school. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle. The left side of the poster measures 7 units; the top side of the poster measures 6 units. What is the area in square units of the completed poster?(1 point)

Responses

13 square units
13 square units

42 square units
42 square units

48 square units
48 square units

26 square units

1 answer

To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width. In this case, the left side of the poster is 7 units (which can be considered the length), and the top side of the poster is 6 units (which can be considered the width).

So, the area \( A \) is calculated as:

\[ A = \text{length} \times \text{width} = 7 , \text{units} \times 6 , \text{units} = 42 , \text{square units} \]

Therefore, the area of the completed poster is 42 square units.