Question

Tom plans to replace a rectangular piece of drywall. Find the area of the piece of drywall that Tom needs to replace.

Answer 1

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Tom plans to replace a rectangular piece of drywall. The dimensions of the rectangle is 3/4 feet by 16 feet. Find the area, in square feet, of the piece of drywall that Tom needs to replace.

Answer: The area of the piece that Tom intends to replace is 12 SQUARE FEET.

Step-by-step explanation:

Tom has plans of replacing the rectangular piece which has 3/4 feet by 16 feet as it's dimensions.

This implies that the rectangle in question will have a width or breadth of 3/4 feet since breadths or widths are usually smaller than lengths.

This means that the length of the rectangle will automatically be 16 feet.

Then, to calculate the area in square feet of the piece, we need to input the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle:

= Length × breadth (width)

In this case, length = 16 feet

and the breadth = 3/4 feet

Therefore, the area of the rectangular piece:

= (16/1) × (3/4)

= 48/4

= 12 square feet.

The area of the piece of drywall that Tom needs to replace is 12 SQUARE FEET