Find the minimum and maximum possible areas of a rectangle measuring 2 km by 5 km.
A. minimum area: 10 km2
maximum area 13.75 km2
B. minimum area: 13.75 km2
maximum area 6.75 km2
C. minimum area: 6.75 km2
maximum area 13.75 km2
D. minimum area: 6.75 km2
maximum area 10 km2
+118659 Find the minimum and maximum possible areas of a rectangle measuring 2 km by 5 km.
I think that this question relates to significant figures. I will assume that each of these is rounded to the nearest km
so
minimum area
1.5*4.5 = 6.75 km^2
maximum area
2.5*5.5 = 13.75 km^2
