A rectangle is twice as long as it is tall. Its height is 5 centimeters. What is its area in square centimeters?(1 point)

Responses

25 cm2
25 cm squared

50 cm2
50 cm squared

30 cm2
30 cm squared

12.5 cm2
12.5 cm squared

1 answer

The area of the rectangle can be calculated by multiplying the length and height. Since the height is 5 cm and the length is twice as long, the length would be 2 * 5 cm = 10 cm.

Therefore, the area of the rectangle would be 10 cm * 5 cm = 50 cm^2.

So, the correct answer is:
50 cm2
50 cm squared