the length of a rectangle is increased to 2 times its original size and its width is increased to 3 times its original size . if the area of the new rectangle is equal to 1800 square meters , what is the area of the original rectangle ?
if l and w be the original length and width of the rectangle and its area is given by l ? w after increase the length becomes 2 l and the width becomes 3 w . the area is then given by ( 2 l ) ? ( 3 w ) and is known . hence ( 2 l ) ? ( 3 w ) = 1800 solve the above equation to find l ? w 6 l ? w = 1800 l ? w = 1800 / 6 = 300 square meters , area of original rectangle correct answer a
divide(1800, multiply(const_2, const_3))