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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
56 square meters
56 square meters
60 square meters
60 square meters
58 square meters
58 square meters
32 square meters
The area of the playing field is calculated by finding the area of the entire rectangle and then subtracting the area of the smaller rectangle that was removed.
Area of the entire rectangle = 10 meters * 6 meters = 60 square meters
Area of the smaller rectangle = 8 meters * 4 meters = 32 square meters
Therefore, the area of the playing field is 60 square meters - 32 square meters = 28 square meters.
The correct answer is:
28 square meters