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Find the area of the figure. (Sides meet at right angles.)

Find the area of the figure. (Sides meet at right angles.)-example-1
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Answer:

the area is 68 feet

Explanation:

-first pretend that one spot is filled and if you do that the whole rectangle is 8 by 10.

- the area of something is length times width and so 8 times 10 is 80

- however, we can't pretend that we don't have a hole anymore so to figure out that tiny rectangles area we have to find its width and length which is 4 and 3.

- 4 times 3 is 12 and since we have that we subtract 12 from 80 and we get 68.