Answer:
2640mm
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm assuming you need the area of the rectangle which the circles don't take up.
First, to find the area of the whole rectangle:
length x width
to find length:
the length is 1 circle, therefore it is the diameter of the circle, which is 32 x 2 = 64mm
to find width:
the width is 3 circles, which is the radius 6 times, so 32 x 6 = 192mm
So, area of rectangle = 64 x 192 = 12288mm
Now to find the area the circles take up:
area of 1 circle =
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As we have 3 circles, we multiply this by 3:
Finally we subtract the area of the three circles from the area of the rectangle:
As we need to round it to 3 significant figures, the answer is 2640mm