your school is governing body has identified a space in front of the classes to be paved for morning assembly purposes. The space identified is rectangular and has width of 9 meters and length of 17 meters.

Question

you are expected to conduct a research in order to determine the number of flat paving bricks needed for paving the identified space and the paving cost if the paving cost if the paving company charges R22 Per square metres.
1. calculate the area of the identified area in metres

Answer 1

To calculate the area of the identified rectangular space, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle:

\[ \text{Area} = \text{Length} \times \text{Width} \]

Given:

• Length = 17 meters
• Width = 9 meters

Now, substituting the values into the formula:

\[ \text{Area} = 17 , \text{meters} \times 9 , \text{meters} = 153 , \text{square meters} \]

Therefore, the area of the identified space is 153 square meters.