FERMAT 2021 Problem 1

A rectangle has width 2 \mathrm{~cm} and length 3 \mathrm{~cm}.
The area of the rectangle is

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Answer Choices
A. 2 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}
B. 9 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}
C. 5 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}
D. 36 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}
E. 6 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}