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Joanne and Roger are planting a rectangular garden. The garden is 7 ft by 13 ft. They want to use half of the garden for

tomatoes and half of the garden for cucumbers. They decide to separate the garden into two right triangles as shown. What is
the area of the cucumber part of the garden?

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Answer:

45.5 ft^2

Explanation:

The area of the garden is (7 ft) by (13 ft), which works out to 91 ft^2.

The half garden used for cucumbers is (91 ft^2)/2, or 45.5 ft^2.

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