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A coordinate plane shows a rectangle A B C D plotted in the first quadrant with side A D on the x axis. The x axis and y axis range from negative 2 to 10. A rectangle A B C D is plotted with points A at left parenthesis 1 comma 0 right parenthesis, B at left parenthesis 1 comma 5 right parenthesis, C at left parenthesis 7 comma 5 right parenthesis, and D at left parenthesis 7 comma 0 right parenthesis. The points are connected by solid lines and the area of the rectangle is shaded.

A marching band is holding a fundraiser to get new carpeting in the band room. They need to calculate the area of the room so that they can purchase enough carpeting. What is the area of the band room?

(1 point)
Responses

60 ft.2
60 ft. squared

30 ft.2
30 ft. squared

11 ft.
11 ft.

22 ft.
22 ft.
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Answer 1

The area of the band room can be calculated by finding the length and width of the rectangle. The length is 6 units (7 - 1) and the width is 5 units (5 - 0). Multiplying these two values, the area of the band room is 30 ft².

Therefore, the correct answer is 30 ft.².