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Does anyone think they can explain how to do this?

Does anyone think they can explain how to do this?-example-1
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Yes. Use your pencil to draw a line separating this into two rectangles. Take the area of each rectangle and then add them together.

Big rectangle is 5x13 or 65
Small one is 5x4 or 20

65 +20= 85 square cm
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