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Philip is making a poster that is 36 inches long and 24 inches wide. He cuts out a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 12 inches wide from the poster. How much of the poster remains?
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Philip is making a poster that is 36 inches long and 24 inches wide. He cuts out a rectangle that is 5 inches long and 12 inches wide from the poster. How much of the poster remains?

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Philip will have 804 inches remaining of his poster.


User DarkZeros
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Remaining area of poster = Area of Big rectangle - Area of small rectangle
= (36*24) - (5*12) =
= 864 - 60 = 804 in^2
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