Question

Use the image to answer the question.

An illustration shows two concentric rectangles, an outer and an inner rectangle. The length of the outer rectangle shown vertically is labeled as 36. The width labeled horizontally is 24. The distance between the lengths of the outer and inner rectangle is labeled as 4 on the left and right. The distance between the widths of the outer and inner rectangle is labeled as 6 on the top and bottom. The distances are shown using dashed lines.

A picture framer is painting the front of a picture frame. What is the area of the frame? Assume that all segments that look congruent are congruent and all angles that look like right angles are right angles.

(1 point)
Responses

288
288

480
480

576
576

864
864

1 answer

The area of the frame can be found by subtracting the area of the inner rectangle from the area of the outer rectangle. The length of the inner rectangle can be found by subtracting the total distance between the lengths (4+4=8) from the length of the outer rectangle (36-8=28). Similarly, the width of the inner rectangle can be found by subtracting the total distance between the widths (6+6=12) from the width of the outer rectangle (24-12=12). Thus, the area of the frame is:

(36 x 24) - (28 x 12) = 864

Therefore, the answer is 864.