Use the image to answer the question.
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
32 square meters
32 square meters
60 square meters
60 square meters
58 square meters
The area of the playing field can be calculated by finding the area of the original rectangle and subtracting the area of the removed section.
Area of original rectangle = length x width
Area of original rectangle = 10 meters x 6 meters
Area of original rectangle = 60 square meters
Area of removed rectangle = length x width
Area of removed rectangle = 2 meters x 2 meters
Area of removed rectangle = 4 square meters
Area of playing field = area of original rectangle - area of removed rectangle
Area of playing field = 60 square meters - 4 square meters
Area of playing field = 56 square meters
Therefore, the area of the playing field is 56 square meters.