Question

Which best describes the area of a polygon

Answer 1

C. the number of square units contained in the interior 

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

C. the number of square units contained in the interior  

Explanation:

Area is a measurement of how much surface a 2-dimensional figure covers.  This means it is the amount of surface inside a 2-dimensional figure as well, since there are only 2 dimensions in the figure.

Since area is a 2-dimensional measurement, this means that the units will have an exponent of 2; this means squared units.