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3.) what does it mean to say that a shape has an area of 8 square inches? Discuss your answer in as clear and direct a fashion as you can.

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The area of a shape stands for the measure of the surface extended between the shape's perimeter (border).

We can imagine it as dividing the actual shape in smaller little squares each of 1 inch by 1 inch in length, and noticing that the number of these little squares needed to cover the entire shape is eight.

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