Mai has a rectangular poster. The poster is 1.6 meters long and 1.2 meters wide.
What is the area of the poster in square centimeters?
Do not round your answer. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

Respuesta :

Answer:

19,200 cm^2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The area = 1.2 * 1.6 = 1.92 m^2.

There are 100 cm to 1 meter,  so 1 square meter = 100^2 = 10,000 cm^2.

Therefore 1.92 m^2 = 10,000 * 1.92 =  19,200 cm^2.