DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!! !! please please!

Tomorrow is my math final. If I don't figure out how to do this graduations at risk.

I have to learn how to find the area in the shaded regions. I'll put a similar photo below. Please help me!

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DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!! !! please please!

Tomorrow is my math final. If I don't figure out how to do this graduations at risk. 

I have to learn how to find the area in the shaded regions. I'll put a similar photo below. Please help me!

anonymous · Answer

stuff like this

usukidoll · Answer

I think you have to gather all of the outer areas ... multiply it and then gather all the inner areas multiply it and then subtract... not 100% sure

usukidoll · Answer

10cm x 5 cm x 3 cm x 7cm - 2 cm x 2 cm

anonymous · Answer

So you times evreything around it first?

usukidoll · Answer

I think so not 100% sure.. .. ...

mathstudent55 · Answer

First, think of the entire figure as two rectangles.
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mathstudent55 · Answer

From the information below, what is x?
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mathstudent55 · Answer

From the info below, what is y?
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