Afamily is building a rectangular fountain in the backyard. the yard is rectangular and measures 8x by 9x. the fountain is going to measure 2x by 5x. once the fountain is built, what will be the area of the remaining yard?

Area of rectangle(A) is given by:

where,

l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle

As per the statement:

a family is building a rectangular fountain in the backyard. the yard is rectangular and measures 8x by 9x

⇒

It is also given that:

The fountain is going to measure 2x by 5x.

We have to find the area of the remaining yard.

⇒ [Combine like term]

Therefore, the area of the remaining yard is,

7.25

step-by-step explanation:

we know that 7 equals to 7.0. we also know that 1/4=0.25. so we can add the two together and we get 7.25