Question

Find the area of the shaded region.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

512 sq. ft.

Answer 2

Answer:

512

Step-by-step explanation:

To start off with you can take the area of the the whole rectangle with the boxes inclosed to get (32+8) times (8+8) to get

40x16= 640ft

From their, find the areas of the two boxes inclosed in the rectangle

b1= 8x8= 64ft

b2= 8x8= 64ft

then you can subtract the two boxes areas from the larger rectangles area to get your answer of

640-64-64= 512ft