The total area is 84m.
Work is in the image, feel free to ask if you don’t understand it.
Hope this helped :)
Group 'em together
a
b
−
a
+
1
−
b
a
b
−
a
=
a
(
b
−
1
)
Notice that there will be a 1 as without it it'll simply be ab
1
−
b
=
1
(
1
−
b
)
Notice that it doesn't match with the upper one... so we'll change the signs
1
(
1
−
b
)
=
−
1
(
b−
1
)
(try to multiply them now!!
Jot them down in one expression
a
(
b
−
1
)
−
1
(
b
−
1
)
You get!!!!!!
(
a
−
1
)
(
b
−
1
)
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The equation is in slope-intercept form so y = mx + b, so whatever number is in front of the x (called a coefficient) is your slope, in this case 3/4