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Question

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?

(1 point)
Responses

44 square yards
44 square yards

56 square yards
56 square yards

30 square yards
30 square yards

65 square yards

Answer 1

To find the area of the swimming pool, we need to find the area of the original shape and then subtract the area of the rectangle that was removed.

Area of original shape = 8 yards * 7 yards = 56 square yards

Area of removed rectangle = 3 yards * 3 yards = 9 square yards

Area of swimming pool = 56 square yards - 9 square yards = 47 square yards

Therefore, the correct answer is not listed among the options provided. The closest option would be 44 square yards, but the correct answer is actually 47 square yards.

Answer 2

Not an option

Answer 3

Apologies for the oversight. Since the correct answer of 47 square yards is not listed among the options provided, it appears there may have been an error in the available choices. The correct answer based on the calculations is 47 square yards.

Answer 4

still not

Answer 5

I apologize for the oversight. Let's reassess the calculation:

Area of the original shape = 8 yards * 7 yards = 56 square yards

Area of removed rectangle = 3 yards * 3 yards = 9 square yards

Area of the swimming pool = 56 square yards - 9 square yards = 47 square yards

If the correct answer of 47 square yards is not provided among the options, then there may be an error with the choices provided. Thank you for your patience.