*The rectangle to the left is divided into 12 shapes. One of them is a rectangle labeled with #1 and the remaining 11 shapes are
squares. The length of the side of each one of the shaded squares is 1 ft. Find the area of the given rectangle.
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When solving these proportions we just remember when moving a number from one side to the other if it started in the numerator it ends up in the denominator and vice versa.
I'll do it in two steps here for teaching purposes; it's not too hard to go directly to the answer.