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Meera wants the area of an L-shaped floor. She splits it into two rectangles and finds the area of each. What should she do next?

Class 6Area of Combined ShapesMensuration
  • AMultiply the two areas
  • BAdd all the side lengths
  • CAdd the two areas
  • DSubtract the smaller area from the larger

Step-by-Step Solution

The two rectangles together cover the whole floor without overlapping, so the floor's area is the SUM of their areas.
Answer: C) Add the two areas

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