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A brick path between two buildings is a rectangle 30.5m by 4.1m.Flowers grow in 4 square holes in the walkway.Each side of the holes is 1.2m.Calculate the area covered in brick.

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119.39 is the amount covered in brick.

the full path has an area of 125.05 (4.1x30.5). each square has an area of 1.44 (1.2^2). there are 4 squares so the flowery area is 5.76 total. subtract the flowers from the brick (125.05-5.76) and get your answer of 119.39
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