The area of a rectangle is 8 square yards. What is the area of the same rectangle when measured in square feet?

24 square feet

Step-by-step explanation:

If the area of the rectangle is  square yards then the area in feet would be 24 because there are 3 feet in a yard my multiply 8*3 to get 24.

This might help

https://socratic.org/questions/if-a-rectangle-measures-8-feet-on-the-short-side-and-9-8-feet-on-the-long-side-w-1

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: solve one of the equations for one of the variables. let's solve the first equation for y:

step 2: substitute that equation into the other equation, and solve for x.

step 3: substitute x = 4 x = 4 x=4 into one of the original equations, and solve for y.