Question

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For an arts and crafts project, a student cut a triangle out of a rectangular piece of paper. If the triangle has a base of 6 inches and a height of 8 inches, and the rectangle has a length of 11 inches and a width of 12 inches, what is the area of the leftover paper after the triangle is cut out?

Answer 1

Calculate the area of the triangle and rectangle. Subtract the area of the rectangle by the area of the triangle.

Answer 2

ANSWERS:
a.
108 in2
b.
150 in2
c.
174 in2
d.
24 in2

Answer 3

Area of a rectangle is L*w so'
Where l is length and w is width.
A = l*w
A = 11*12
A = ?

Area of a triangle is 1/2b * h
A = 1/2b * h
where b is base and h is height

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