Nathan is building a toolset with a rectangular floor. The area of a rectangle is given by the formula1. w, where 1 represents the length, and w represent the width. The floor of the shed will have measurement of either 1=9 and w=7 or 1=8 and w= 8. What is the area of the larger floor?

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Nathan is building a toolset with a rectangular floor. The area of a rectangle is given by the formula1. w, where 1 represents  the length, and w represent the width. The floor of the shed will have measurement of either 1=9 and w=7 or 1=8 and w= 8. What is the area of the larger floor?

oobleck · Accepted Answer

now you know why we do not use lower-case L's in our problems online. They look too much like the number 1. so, which is larger? 8*8 or 7*9 ??