Two rectangles are drawn with chalk. The first rectangle has a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.75 meters. The second rectangle has a length of 1.75 meters and a width of 0.5 meters. What is the ence between the area of the rectangles?
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width. So, for the first rectangle, the area is:
1.5 meters x 0.75 meters = 1.125 square meters
For the second rectangle, the area is:
1.75 meters x 0.5 meters = 0.875 square meters
To find the difference between the areas, you subtract the smaller area from the larger area:
1.125 square meters - 0.875 square meters = 0.25 square meters
So, the difference between the areas of the two rectangles is 0.25 square meters.