Question

The new post office has an area that is 6.5 times the area of the old post office. Let p represent the area of the old post office. Write an expression to represent the area of the new post office?

Answer 1

Answer:

$Area = 6.5p$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Area\ of\ Old = p$

$Area\ of\ New = 6.5 * Area\ of\ Old$

Required

Write an expression for the area of new post office

From the question, we have the following:

$Area\ of\ Old = p$

and

$Area\ of\ New = 6.5 * Area\ of\ Old$

Substitute p for Area of Old in the second equation

$Area\ of\ New = 6.5 * p$

$Area\ of\ New = 6.5 p$

Hence, the expression is:

$Area = 6.5p$