To find the area of the swimming pool, which is the remaining area after the smaller rectangle is removed from the larger rectangle, we can follow these steps:
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Calculate the area of the larger rectangle (swimming pool):
- Length = 8 yards
- Width = 7 yards
- Area = Length × Width = 8 yards × 7 yards = 56 square yards
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Determine the dimensions of the smaller rectangle (cut-out):
- The width of the smaller rectangle is given as 3 yards.
- We know the remaining width along the bottom right is also 3 yards, meaning the total width of the original rectangle (7 yards) minus the width of the cut-out rectangle (3 yards) equals the remaining width on the right (3 yards).
- Since the swimming pool's width (7 yards) is equal to the width of the cut-out rectangle (3 yards) plus the remaining width (3 yards), the length of the removed rectangle must match the height of the larger rectangle, which does not change.
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Calculate the area of the removed rectangle:
- Length = 8 yards (since it stretches along the entire length of the swimming pool)
- Width = 3 yards (the width of the cut-out)
- Area of the removed rectangle = Length × Width = 3 yards × 8 yards = 24 square yards
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Calculate the area of the swimming pool after the rectangle is removed:
- Remaining area = Area of the larger rectangle - Area of the smaller rectangle
- Remaining area = 56 square yards - 24 square yards = 32 square yards
However, since the area doesn't match any options, the question likely contains an error, or I have misinterpreted the dimensions. Let's examine the remaining area more closely.
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Visual check:
- The area of the larger pool is correctly calculated as 56 square yards.
- The cut-out rectangle is indeed 3 yards wide but leaves an area adjacent to the wider side of 4 yards (7 yards - 3 yards).
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Final Calculation: Using only the dimensions provided: The swimming pool area remaining is 56 square yards and removing the volume of cut-out does not compute properly using 3 for the width.
In reality, if originally deemed as reduced to 30 square yards, there may be different interpretations here.
Taking all insights, it might be more reasonable that the final answer to choose is:
30 square yards (if the figure indeed indicates further deductions beyond the base sizes laid out).
Hence the correct value deduced could equate 30 square yards close towards responses.