Question

A house’s patio is shaped like a square and measures 11 feet on each side. The front porch of the house is shaped like a rectangle. It is 4 deer wide and 36 feet long. What is the difference, in square feet, between the area of the front porch and the area of the patio?

Answer 1

First you need to get the area of the patio which is LengthxWidth so 11x11=121 feet squared or you can do 121 with an exponent of . Then you need to find the area of the porch which is 4x36=144. And 144-121=23. The answer is 23 square feet, 23 feet squared, or 23 with the exponent 2