The principal of East High School wants to buy a new cover for the sand pit used in the long-jump competition. He measured the sand pit and found that the length is 29.2 feet and the width is 9.8 feet. What will the area of the new cover be?

Answer: area is 286.16 ft²

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of the sand pit is 29.2 feet and the width is 9.8 feet.

L = 29.2 ft

W = 9.8 ft

To find out the area, all we have to do is multiply the lenght by the width:

And do not forget that to calculate the area, all units must be the same and for the area, it is always the unit squared, in this case, feet square or simply (ft²).

A = l*w

A = 29.2 * 9.8 = 286.16 ft²