2021 Fermat Problem 1

A rectangle has width 2 cm and length 3 cm. The area of the rectangle is

\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \text{ cm}^2\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \text{ cm}^2\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 5 \text{ cm}^2\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 36 \text{ cm}^2\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 6 \text{ cm}^2

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