Question

David made a class banner out of a large rectangular piece of paper. He cut a triangular piece out of one side, as pictured below.

What is the area, in square inches, of the banner?

Answer 1

62.5

Explanation:

Finally, we need to subtract the area of the triangle from the area of the rectangle to find the area of the banner: Area of banner = Area of rectangle - Area of triangle Area of banner = 70 - 7.5 Area of banner = 62.5 square inches So, the area of the banner is 62.5 square inches.