Keisha has a rug in the shape of a rectangle that she wants to put in her bedroom. The rug has an area of 6 square meters. She wants to see if it will fit in the space she has in her bedroom. If the rug has a height of 2.5 meters, what is the base of the rug? The rug has a base of ____meters.

Given is a rectangular rug that she wants to put it in the space of her bedroom. Given is the area of the rug = 6 square meters. Also the height of the rug is given = 2.5 meters. It says to find the base of the rug, let's assume base = B meters. We know the formula for area of the rectangular shape is given as follows :- Area = Base x Height 6 square meters = B meters x 2.5 meters [tex] B = \frac{6}{2.5} =\frac{60}{25} = 2.4 \;meters [/tex]Hence, the base of the rug = 2.4 meters.