What is the area of the rectangle?

The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. The rectangle’s width is 4 m.

What is the area of the rectangle?

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_____ m²

2 Answers
Aug 21, 2017

#48# #"m"^(2)#

Explanation:

The length of the rectangle is #3# times its width, and the width is #4# #"m"#.

So the length is #3 times 4 = 12# #"m"#.

Then, the area of a rectangle is the product of its length and width.

Therefore, the area of this rectangle is #12 times 4 = 48# #"m"^(2)#.

Aug 21, 2017

#48color(white)(x)m^2#

Explanation:

#• " area of a rectangle "=" length "xx" width"#

#"length of rectangle "=3xx4=12color(white)(x)mlarr" 3 times width"#

#rArr"area of rectangle "=12xx4=48color(white)(x)m^2#