Question

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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)

60 square meters

32 square meters

58 square meters

56 square meters

Answer 1

The original rectangle is 10 × 6 = 60 m². The cut-out is (10−8) by (6−4) = 2 × 2 = 4 m². So the area remaining is 60 − 4 = 56 m².

Answer: 56 square meters.