Question

Lisa has a rectangular trampoline that is 6 feet long and 12 feet wide. What is the area of her trampoline in square feet?

Short answer

The area of the trampoline is $72squarefeet$.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Area of the rectangle.

The area of the rectangle is $L\times W$, where $L$is the length of the rectangle and $W$is the width.

Step 2. Put the value of length and width into the formula.

It is given that the length and width of the trampoline are $6feetand12feet$respectively.

Put $L=6andW=12$into the formula $L\times W$.

$Area=6\times 12$

Step 3. Multiply the numbers.

$Area=72squarefeet$