Question
Keisha has a rug in the shape of a rectangle that she wants to put in her bedroom. The rug has an area of 6 square Meters. She wants to see if it will fit in the space she has in her bedroom. If the rug has a height of 2.5 meters, what is the base of the Rug?
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
To find the base of the rectangular rug, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle:
\[
\text{Area} = \text{Base} \times \text{Height}
\]
Given that the area of the rug is 6 square meters and the height is 2.5 meters, we can plug in these values:
\[
6 = \text{Base} \times 2.5
\]
To find the base, we can rearrange the equation:
\[
\text{Base} = \frac{6}{2.5}
\]
Now, we perform the division:
\[
\text{Base} = \frac{6}{2.5} = 2.4
\]
So, the base of the rug is **2.4 meters**.
\[
\text{Area} = \text{Base} \times \text{Height}
\]
Given that the area of the rug is 6 square meters and the height is 2.5 meters, we can plug in these values:
\[
6 = \text{Base} \times 2.5
\]
To find the base, we can rearrange the equation:
\[
\text{Base} = \frac{6}{2.5}
\]
Now, we perform the division:
\[
\text{Base} = \frac{6}{2.5} = 2.4
\]
So, the base of the rug is **2.4 meters**.