A rectangle is twice as long as it is tall. Its height is 5 cm. What is its area and square centimeters?

Answer 1

Since the rectangle is twice as long as it is tall, the length of the rectangle is 2 times the height. Therefore, the length is 2 x 5 cm = 10 cm.

The formula for the area of a rectangle is length x width. In this case, the length is 10 cm and the height is 5 cm. So, the area of the rectangle is:

Area = 10 cm x 5 cm = 50 square cm

Therefore, the area of the rectangle is 50 square centimeters.