a rectangular yard is 20ft by 15ft. the yard is covered with grass except for an 8.5ft square flower garden. how much grass is in the yard?

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anonymous · Answer

(Area of the yard) - (area of the garden)

anonymous · Answer

do i add the 20 and 15?

anonymous · Answer

cuz the answer they give me in the back of the book says 227.75
but i dont get how they got that answer
word problems are always confusing for me

anonymous · Answer

First you need to figure out the area of the yard. Do you know the equation of the area of a rectangle?

anonymous · Answer

nope
i do not.