The right side of a rectangular sign measures 8 units and the bottom side measures 7 units. What is the area in square units of the sign?

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56 square units
15 square units
40 square units
30 square units

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying the length by the width. In this case, the length is 8 units and the width is 7 units.

Area = length x width
Area = 8 units x 7 units
Area = 56 square units

Therefore, the area of the sign is 56 square units.

So the correct answer is:
56 square units