Question

Christine has a rectangular poster. The poster is 1.5 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. What is the area of the poster in square centimeters? Do not round your answer. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: 180cm^2

Explanation: First, multiply 1.5 by 1.2 to get the area of the rectangle in METERS, which is 1.8. Since the question is asking for the area in CENTIMETERS, multiply 1.8 by 100 (because 1 meter=100 centimeters) to get 180cm^2.

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