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A bookmark is shaped like a rectangle with a semicircle attached at both ends. The rectangle is 12 cm long and 4 cm wide. The diameter of each semicircle is the width of the rectangle. What is the area of the bookmark? Use 3.14 for TT.

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Working:
Area of the rectangle= 12 x 4 = 48cm^2
Area of the semicircles=

\pi x 2² = 12.56cm^2

48+12.56= 60.56

Answer: 60.56cm²
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