Question:
Jordan is cutting a 2 meter by meter piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal. what is the area of each of the pieces?
Answer:
Area of each piece of paper is .
Solution:
Length of the paper = 2 m
Width of the paper = m =
m
<em>Area of the rectangle = length × width</em>
<em>Diagonal of a rectangle divides it into two equal parts.</em>
Area of each piece = Area of the rectangle ÷ 2
Area of each piece of paper is .
