Area of Composite Figures Quick Check
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Question
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A composite shape is drawn with a rectangle and a square. All lines are straight and all corners are marked as right angles. The shape is made with a vertically aligned rectangle 8 yards in length and 7 yards in width. A horizontally aligned rectangle 3 yards wide and of unknown length is removed from the bottom left corner of the original rectangle. The remaining width along the bottom right is 3 yards.
Solve the following problem: A town has a swimming pool shaped as in the diagram.
What is the area of the swimming pool in square yards?
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Responses
44 square yards
44 square yards
30 square yards
30 square yards
56 square yards
56 square yards
65 square yards
To find the area of the swimming pool, we first need to find the area of the original rectangle and then subtract the area of the smaller rectangle that was removed.
Area of original rectangle = length x width
Area = 8 yards x 7 yards = 56 square yards
Area of smaller rectangle = length x width
Area = 3 yards x 3 yards = 9 square yards
Area of swimming pool = Area of original rectangle - Area of smaller rectangle
Area = 56 square yards - 9 square yards
Area = 47 square yards
Therefore, the area of the swimming pool is 47 square yards.