Question

A countertop is 16ft long & 3ft wide what is the area in square meters

Answer 1

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

$1feet = \frac{1}{3.281} meter$

convert Area of a countertop in  square meters

$= \frac{48\times1\times1}{3.281\times3.281}$

=  4.461 m² ( approx )

Hence proved