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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?
CORRECTION! its actually 56 square meters
To find the area of the playing field, we first need to find the area of the entire rectangle and then subtract the area of the rectangular area that was removed.
The area of the entire rectangle is calculated by multiplying the length (10 meters) by the width (6 meters), which gives us 10 * 6 = 60 square meters.
The area of the rectangular area that was removed is determined by multiplying the remaining length (8 meters) by the remaining width (4 meters), which gives us 8 * 4 = 32 square meters.
To find the area of the playing field, we subtract the area of the rectangular area that was removed from the area of the entire rectangle: 60 - 32 = 28 square meters.
Therefore, the area of the playing field is 28 square meters.