Cara and Beejal make a poster for school. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle. The left side of the poster measures 7 units; the top side of the poster measures 6 units. What is the area in square units of the completed poster?(1 point)
Responses
48 square units
48 square units
13 square units
13 square units
42 square units
42 square units
26 square units
26 square units
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width. In this case, the left side measures 7 units and the top side measures 6 units. Therefore, the area of the poster is 7 units x 6 units = 42 square units. So, the correct answer is 42 square units.