A rectangular mall located between two parallel streets is 50ft wide and 200yd long. Find the area.
I got 10000. But 10000 what? Should it be ft squared or yd squared? I'm confused on this- which is it supposed to be?
10,000 is wrong. You can't multiply feet times yards. Since there are 3 feet in a yard, you'll need to change 200 yards to 600 feet. Then multiply 50 feet times 600 feet to find the area.
Oh, I didn't know you couldn't do that, but it makes sense to me now. So, I think the answer would then be 30000ft squared.
Yes! The area is 30,000 square feet.
Ok thank you!=)
To find the area of the rectangular mall, you need to multiply its length by its width.
The width of the mall is given in feet (50ft), and the length is given in yards (200yd).
To ensure consistent units, you need to convert one of the measurements. Let's convert the length from yards to feet.
Since 1 yard is equal to 3 feet, multiplying the length (200yd) by 3 will give us the length in feet:
200yd * 3ft/yd = 600ft
Now that both measurements are in feet, we can calculate the area:
Area = length * width
Area = 600ft * 50ft = 30,000ft²
Thus, the area of the rectangular mall is 30,000 square feet (ft²), not 10,000 square feet. This means that you made an error in your calculation.