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What is the area of this shape?

What is the area of this shape?-example-1
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Answer:

37 cm^2

Explanation:

1. find the answer of the bigger rectangle

7cm*3cm=21cm^2

2. Find the smaller rectangle

15cm-7cm=8cm

8cm*2cm=16cm^2

3. add the two areas

21cm^2 + 16 cm^2 = 37cm^2

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