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Write your best definition of area.

User Dmytroy
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Area:

the amount of space taken up by a 2D shape, measure in square cm, m and so on (cm²,m²)

for example:

Area of a triangle:

Height×base

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2

or....

Area of a rectangle:

b×h

or...

Area of a circle:

πr²

User Ravimallya
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Answer:

the space occupied by a flat shape or the surface of an object.

User Terrence M
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