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### Physics For Scientists & Engineers

Book edition 9th Edition
Author(s) Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Pages 1624 pages
ISBN 9781133947271

# A rectangular building lot has a width of ${\mathbf{75}}{\mathbf{.}}{\mathbf{0}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{ft}}$ and a length of ${\mathbf{125}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{ft}}$ .Determine the area of this lot in square meters

The area of the rectangular building in square meters is $871{\text{m}}^{2}$.

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## Step 1: Write the given data from the question

The width of the rectangular building $w=75\text{ft}$,

The length of the rectangular building, $l=125\text{ft}$.

## Step 2: Determine the formula to calculate the area of the rectangular building in squared meters

The formula to calculate the area of the rectangular building is as follows:

${\mathbit{A}}{\mathbf{=}}{\mathbit{l}}{\mathbf{×}}{\mathbit{w}}$ …… (i)

Conversion from foot to meter:

${\mathbf{1}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{ft}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{=}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{0}}{\mathbf{.}}{\mathbf{3048}}{\mathbf{}}{\mathbf{m}}$

## Step 3: Calculate the area of the rectangular building in squared meters

Calculate the area of the building.

Substitute $75\text{ft}$ for w and $125\text{ft}$ for $l$ into equation (i).

$\mathrm{A}=75×125\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\mathrm{A}=9375{\text{ft}}^{2}$

Convert the unit for the area of the building from square feet to square meters