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A horizontally aligned rectangle is shown as 10 meters long and 6 meters wide. A rectangular area is removed from the bottom right corner, with the remaining length as 8 meters and remaining width as 4 meters. Right angle marks are shown in the five corners of the composite shape.

Rebekah designs a playing field for a new sport. The playing field is pictured. What is the area of the playing field?

(1 point)
Responses

60 square meters
60 square meters

32 square meters
32 square meters

58 square meters
58 square meters

56 square meters

Answer 1

Explanation:
To find the area of the playing field, we need to find the area of the entire rectangle and then subtract the area of the removed rectangle.

Area of the entire rectangle = 10 meters x 6 meters = 60 square meters

Area of the removed rectangle = 8 meters x 4 meters = 32 square meters

Area of the playing field = 60 square meters - 32 square meters = 28 square meters

Therefore, the correct answer is 28 square meters.