Arectangle has the length of 8 feet and a width of 6 feet if it’s linked in with increased by 50% each what is the area of the new rectangle?

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version. gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear. i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."