Martin says the area of a tile with a length of 1 foot by a width of 1 foot has an area of 1 square foot. And, to find 1/2 of this area, he would need to find 1/2 of the width and 1/2 of the length, and then multiply those two values. Unfortunately, his method is incorrect. Show at least one equation to show why this method would not work, and briefly state a method that will find 1/2 of 1 square foot.

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Brianna Sawyer

8 September, 22:31

Martin says the area of a tile with a length of 1 foot by a width of 1 foot has an area of 1 square foot. And, to find 1/2 of this area, he would need to find 1/2 of the width and 1/2 of the length, and then multiply those two values. Unfortunately, his method is incorrect. Show at least one equation to show why this method would not work, and briefly state a method that will find 1/2 of 1 square foot.

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Damon Wolf · Answer 1

Martin says the area of a tile with a length of 1 foot by a width of 1 foot has an area of 1 square foot. And, to find 1/2 of this area, he would need to find 1/2 of the width and 1/2 of the length, and then multiply those two values. Unfortunately, his method is incorrect. Show at least one equation to show why this method would not work, and briefly state a method that will find 1/2 of 1 square foot.