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painting is a rectangle 20cm long and 16cm wide. painting and frame together is 25cm long and 20 cm wide. find the area of the frame with no overlap between frame and painting

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Formula for area = length · width

Painting = 20 × 16 = 320

Frame + Painting = 25 × 20 = 500

Since you already know that the painting itself is 320 cm, subtract it from the total.

500 - 320 = 180

Answer = 180 cm²

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