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An illustration shows a rectangle extending upward on the top left and top right sides forming two more rectangles of varying width and length. The dimensions are as follows: The bottom of the rectangle is 7 miles. The extended left side is 6 miles. The vertical height of the left side rectangular extension is 3 miles. The vertical and horizontal lengths of the right side rectangular extension is 1 mile each. There are six right angle symbols at the vertices of the polygon.

What is the area of the composite figure?

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Responses

31 square miles
31 square miles

28 square miles
28 square miles

21 square miles
21 square miles

25 square miles
25 square miles
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Answer 1

To find the area of the composite figure, we need to break it down into its constituent rectangles and calculate their areas individually.

1. **Bottom Rectangle**:
- Width = 7 miles
- Height = 3 miles (since the left side extends upward)
- Area = Width × Height = 7 miles × 3 miles = 21 square miles.

2. **Left Rectangular Extension**:
- Width = 6 miles (left side vertical height)
- Height = 3 miles (the height of this part)
- Area = Width × Height = 6 miles × 3 miles = 18 square miles.

3. **Right Rectangular Extension**:
- Width = 1 mile
- Height = 1 mile (the vertical and horizontal lengths of this part)
- Area = Width × Height = 1 mile × 1 mile = 1 square mile.

Now, we add the areas of all these rectangles together:

- Area of Bottom Rectangle = 21 square miles
- Area of Left Rectangular Extension = 18 square miles
- Area of Right Rectangular Extension = 1 square mile

Total Area = 21 + 6 + 1 = 28 square miles.

Therefore, the area of the composite figure is **28 square miles**.