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A composite shape is drawn, starting with a horizontally aligned rectangle. There is no measurement across the top, and the right side is labeled with a question mark. A horizontally aligned rectangular area marked as 8 feet in length and unknown in width is removed from the bottom left of the original rectangle. The remaining length on the right side is 2 feet. The remaining width on the left side is 3 feet. Corners are marked with right angles.
Tessa designs a supply closet as an addition to her house. The closet is pictured, and its total area is 36 square feet. What is the length in feet of the side of the supply closet labeled with the question mark?(1 point)
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The total area of the supply closet is 36 square feet. To find the missing length labeled with a question mark, we need to subtract the area of the removed rectangular area from the total area of the supply closet.
The area of the removed rectangular area can be calculated by multiplying the length (8 feet) by the unknown width. Since the remaining length on the right side is 2 feet and the remaining width on the left side is 3 feet, the total area of the removed rectangular area is 8 * (2 + 3) = 40 square feet.
Now, subtract the area of the removed rectangular area from the total area of the supply closet:
36 - 40 = -4
Since an area cannot be negative, there must be a mistake in the calculations or assumptions made in this question.