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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)
Responses
32 square meters
32 square meters
56 square meters
56 square meters
60 square meters
60 square meters
58 square meters
58 square meters
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To find the area of the playing field, we can subtract the area of the removed rectangle from the area of the original rectangle.
The original rectangle has a length of 10 meters and a width of 6 meters, so its area is 10 * 6 = 60 square meters.
The removed rectangle has a length of 2 meters (10 - 8) and a width of 2 meters (6 - 4), so its area is 2 * 2 = 4 square meters.
Therefore, the area of the playing field is 60 - 4 = 56 square meters.
The correct answer is 56 square meters.