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Find the area of the blue region

Find the area of the blue region-example-1

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SA of a rectangle: length * width

Find SA of the blue rectangle: 15 km * 13 km = 195 km

Find SA of the white rectangle: 9 km * 6 km = 54 km

Subtract white rectangle from blue rectangle: 195 - 54 = 141

Area of blue region:
\boxed {141~km^2}

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The area of the blue region = the entire area - the white region

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Area of blue region = ???

Area of the white region = 6 * 9

Whole area = 13 * 15

Answer

Area of blue region = 13 * 15 - 6 * 9

Area of blue region = 195 - 54

Area of blue region = 141 <<<< Answer

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