Question

David measures a side of a piece of wood. The length is 8 feet and the width is one-half if the length. What is the area, in square feet, of the piece of wood?
A=lw
A: 4
B: 16
C:32
D:108​

Answer 1

Answer: The area, in square feet, of the piece of wood is $32 ft^{2}$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Give: Length = 8 feet

Width = $\frac{1}{2} \times 8$ = 4 feet

As piece of wood is similar to that of a rectangle. Hence, formula to calculate area is as follows.

$Area = length \times width$

Substitute the values into above formula as follows.

$Area = length \times width\\= 8 feet \times 4 feet\\= 32 ft^{2}$

Thus, we can conclude that the area, in square feet, of the piece of wood is $32 ft^{2}$.