ANSWER
Find out the area of the countertop in square meters .
To proof
As given
A countertop is 16ft long & 3ft wide.
A countertop is in the shape of the rectangle.
FORMULA
Area of a rectangle = length × breadth
long = 16ft
wide = 3ft
put the value
we get
Area of a countertop = 16 ×3
= 48 feet²
1 meter = 3.281 feet
convert Area of a countertop in square meters
= 4.461 m² ( approx )
Hence proved