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A composite shape is drawn with a rectangle and a square. All lines are straight and all corners are marked as right angles. The shape is made with a vertically aligned rectangle 8 yards in length and 7 yards in width. A horizontally aligned rectangle 3 yards wide and of unknown length is removed from the bottom left corner of the original rectangle. The remaining width along the bottom right is 3 yards.
Solve the following problem: A town has a swimming pool shaped as in the diagram.
What is the area of the swimming pool in square yards?
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44 square yards
30 square yards
56 square yards
65 square yards
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Original rectangle area = 8 × 7 = 56 sq yd.
The removed corner rectangle has horizontal length 7 − 3 = 4 yd and vertical height 3 yd, so its area = 4 × 3 = 12 sq yd.
Pool area = 56 − 12 = 44 square yards.
Answer: 44 square yards.
The removed corner rectangle has horizontal length 7 − 3 = 4 yd and vertical height 3 yd, so its area = 4 × 3 = 12 sq yd.
Pool area = 56 − 12 = 44 square yards.
Answer: 44 square yards.
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