To find the area of a rectangle, we must use the formula, A = lw, where the variable l represents the length of the rectangle and the variable w represents the width of the rectangle. To find the area, we just have to substitute in the values we are given for the length and width (shown in the picture above) to calculate the area. This is modeled below:
A = lw
A = 12 cm * 5 cm
To solve, we simply multiply the two factors on the right side of the equation to find the area. Remember that because we are multiplying these two numbers together, we should end up with an answer that has squared units!
A = 60 cm²
Therefore, your answer is that the area of the rectangle is 60 cm².
