Question

The image below represents a 12 x 16 room with an 8 x 10 piece of linoleum centered in the room . The yellow and blue rectangles extend the length of their respective sides. Where these two rectangles overlap, there is a green rectangle.
What is the area of the portion of the room shown in gray? _____ sq. ft.

Answer 1

multiply 12 and 16 then multiply 8 and 10 then add them up to get 15,360