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Larry is going to fence off a rectangular area in his garden for tomato plants. The area of a rectangle is given by the formula , where l represents the length, and w represents the width. Larry's fence will have either and or and . What is the area of the larger rec

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First rectangle

we have

l=9 and w=7

A=l*w

substitute

A=9*7=63 unit2

Second rectangle

l=8 and w=8

substitute

A=8*8

A=64 unit2

therefore

the area of the larger rectangle is 64 square units

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