Question

a flower bed has the shape of a rectangle 5 yards long and 4 yards wide what is its area in square feet

Answer 1

The answer is 180 ft^2.

5 yards = 15 feet

4 yards = 12 feet

15*12 = 180 ft^2

Answer 2

Area of a rectangle = length times width.

Here, the area is (5 yd)(4 yd) = 20 yd^2. We must convert this into ft^2:

20 yd^2 3 ft

------------ * { ----------- }^2

1 1 yd

The comes out to (20)(3)^9, or 180 ft^3, the area in square feet.