Rose is drawing a portrait for her art class. She is using a sheet of paper what is 6 inches wide and 12 inches long. What is the area of the art paper in square feet?

Respuesta :

Answer:

0.5 ft^2

Step-by-step explanation:

The area in square inches is (6 in )(12 in) = 72 in^2.

Recall that 1 ft^2 = 144 in^2.

Then

  72 in^2         1 ft^2

--------------- * --------------- = 0.5 ft^2

         1           144 in^2