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The following octagon is formed by removing four congruent triangles from a rectangle. What is the area of the rectangle?

The following octagon is formed by removing four congruent triangles from a rectangle-example-1
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Area of a rectangle = L x W
Length : 2 + 6 + 2 = 10
Width : 2 + 2 + 2 = 6
6 x 10 = 60cm ^2

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