Question

Lee wants to cut this piece of canvas into two rectangles that are 3×2 and 3×5. He wants the sum of the areas of the two small rectangles to be the same as the area of the large rectangle. Can he do that? Explain

Answer 1

First find the area of the large rectangle which is 90 by you times 3 and 3 which is 9 then you times 5 and 2 which is 10 after that u times 9 and 10 which is 90 So to make the small rectangle times 6 and 15 because 3 times 2 equals 6 and 5 times 3 equals 10 so that means the area of one small rectangle is 6 and the other rectangle us 15 then u multiple