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What's the area of the above figure which has sides of length 6 and 8

What's the area of the above figure which has sides of length 6 and 8-example-1
User Lanaru
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Area of a rectangle is length times width. In the figure above, the length is 8 and the width is 6. So you just multiply 8 by 6 to get 48.

A = l x w
A = 8 x 6
A = 48
User Zach Folwick
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Area means times so wouldn’t it just be 6 times 8 which is 48?!
User Marek Kwiendacz
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